[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR4.06-40]

[Page 47]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 4_MARINE CASUALTIES AND INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart 4.06_Mandatory Chemical Testing Following Serious Marine 
            Incidents Involving Vessels in Commercial Service
 
Sec. 4.06-40  Specimen handling and shipping.

    (a) The marine employer shall ensure that blood specimens collected 
in accordance with Sec. Sec. 4.06-20 and 4.06-30 are promptly shipped 
to a testing laboratory qualified to conduct tests on such specimens. A 
proper chain of custody must be maintained for each specimen from the 
time of collection through the authorized disposition of the specimen. 
Blood specimens must be shipped to the laboratory in a cooled condition 
by any means adequate to ensure delivery within twenty-four (24) hours 
of receipt by the carrier.
    (b) The marine employer shall ensure that the urine specimen 
collection procedures of Sec. 16.113 of this chapter and the chain of 
custody requirements of 49 CFR part 40, subpart D, are complied with. 
The marine employer shall ensure that urine specimens required by 
Sec. Sec. 4.06-20 and 4. 06-30 are promptly shipped to a laboratory 
complying with the requirements of 49 CFR part 40. Urine specimens must 
be shipped by an expeditious means, but need not be shipped in a cooled 
condition for overnight delivery.

[CGD 86-067, 53 FR 47078, Nov. 21, 1988, as amended by USCG-2000-7759, 
66 FR 42967, Aug. 16, 2001]