[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: 49CFR40.71]



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                        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 E_Urine Specimen Collections

 

Sec. 40.71  How does the collector prepare the specimens?



    (a) All collections under DOT agency drug testing regulations must 

be split specimen collections.

    (b) As the collector, you must take the following steps, in order, 

after the employee brings the urine specimen to you. You must take these 

steps in the presence of the employee.

    (1) Check the box on the CCF (Step 2) indicating that this was a 

split specimen collection.

    (2) You, not the employee, must first pour at least 30 mL of urine 

from the collection container into one specimen bottle, to be used for 

the primary specimen.

    (3) You, not the employee, must then pour at least 15 mL of urine 

from the collection container into the second specimen bottle to be used 

for the split specimen.

    (4) You, not the employee, must place and secure (i.e., tighten or 

snap) the lids/caps on the bottles.

    (5) You, not the employee, must seal the bottles by placing the 

tamper-evident bottle seals over the bottle caps/lids and down the sides 

of the bottles.

    (6) You, not the employee, must then write the date on the tamper-

evident bottle seals.

    (7) You must then ensure that the employee initials the tamper-

evident bottle seals for the purpose of certifying that the bottles 

contain the specimens he or she provided. If the employee fails or 

refuses to do so, you must note this in the ``Remarks'' line of the CCF 

(Step 2) and complete the collection process.

    (8) You must discard any urine left over in the collection container 

after both specimen bottles have been appropriately filled and sealed. 

There is one exception to this requirement: you may use excess urine to 

conduct clinical tests (e.g., protein, glucose) if the collection was 

conducted in conjunction with a physical examination required by a DOT 

agency regulation. Neither you nor anyone else may conduct further 

testing (such as adulteration testing) on this excess urine and the 

employee has no legal right to demand that the excess urine be turned 

over to the employee.



[65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41951, Aug. 9, 2001]