[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR40.41]



[Page 641-642]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation

 

PART 40_PROCEDURES FOR TRANSPORTATION WORKPLACE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING 

PROGRAMS--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart D_Collection Sites, Forms, Equipment and Supplies Used in DOT 

                            Urine Collections

 

Sec. 40.41  Where does a urine collection for a DOT drug test take place?





    (a) A urine collection for a DOT drug test must take place in a 

collection



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site meeting the requirements of this section.

    (b) If you are operating a collection site, you must ensure that it 

meets the security requirements of Sec. 40.43.

    (c) If you are operating a collection site, you must have all 

necessary personnel, materials, equipment, facilities and supervision to 

provide for the collection, temporary storage, and shipping of urine 

specimens to a laboratory, and a suitable clean surface for writing.

    (d) Your collection site must include a facility for urination 

described in either paragraph (e) or paragraph (f) of this section.

    (e) The first, and preferred, type of facility for urination that a 

collection site may include is a single-toilet room, having a full-

length privacy door, within which urination can occur.

    (1) No one but the employee may be present in the room during the 

collection, except for the observer in the event of a directly observed 

collection.

    (2) You must have a source of water for washing hands, that, if 

practicable, should be external to the closed room where urination 

occurs. If an external source is not available, you may meet this 

requirement by securing all sources of water and other substances that 

could be used for adulteration and substitution (e.g., water faucets, 

soap dispensers) and providing moist towelettes outside the closed room.

    (f) The second type of facility for urination that a collection site 

may include is a multistall restroom.

    (1) Such a site must provide substantial visual privacy (e.g., a 

toilet stall with a partial-length door) and meet all other applicable 

requirements of this section.

    (2) If you use a multi-stall restroom, you must either--

    (i) Secure all sources of water and other substances that could be 

used for adulteration and substitution (e.g., water faucets, soap 

dispensers) and place bluing agent in all toilets or secure the toilets 

to prevent access; or

    (ii) Conduct all collections in the facility as monitored 

collections (see Sec. 40.69 for procedures). This is the only 

circumstance in which you may conduct a monitored collection.

    (3) No one but the employee may be present in the multistall 

restroom during the collection, except for the monitor in the event of a 

monitored collection or the observer in the event of a directly observed 

collection.

    (g) A collection site may be in a medical facility, a mobile 

facility (e.g., a van), a dedicated collection facility, or any other 

location meeting the requirements of this section.