[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 49CFR219.205]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 219_CONTROL OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart C_Post-Accident Toxicological Testing

 

Sec.  219.205  Specimen collection and handling.



    (a) General. Urine and blood specimens must be obtained, marked, 

preserved, handled, and made available to FRA consistent with the 

requirements of this subpart, and the technical specifications set forth 

in Appendix C to this part.

    (b) Information requirements. In order to process specimens, analyze 

the significance of laboratory findings, and notify the railroads and 

employees of test results, it is necessary to obtain basic information 

concerning the accident/incident and any treatment administered after 

the accident/incident. Accordingly, the railroad representative must 

complete the information required by Form FRA 6180.73 (revised) for 

shipping with the specimens. Each employee subject to testing must 

cooperate in completion of the required information on Form FRA F 

6180.74 (revised) for inclusion in the shipping kit and processing of 

the specimens. The railroad representative must request an appropriate 

representative of the medical facility to complete the remaining portion 

of the information on each Form 6180.74. One Form 6180.73 must be 

forwarded in the shipping kit with each group of specimens. One Form 

6180.74 must be forwarded in the shipping kit for each employee who 

provides specimens. Forms 6180.73 and 6180.74 may be ordered from the 

laboratory specified in Appendix B to this part; the forms are also 

provided to railroads free of charge in the shipping kit. (See paragraph 

(c) of this section.)

    (c) Shipping kit. (1) FRA and the laboratory designated in Appendix 

B to this part make available for purchase a limited number of standard 

shipping kits for the purpose of routine handling of toxicological 

specimens under this subpart. Whenever possible, specimens must be 

placed in the shipping kit prepared for shipment according to the 

instructions provided in the kit and Appendix C to this part.

    (2) Kits may be ordered directly from the laboratory designated in 

Appendix B to this part.

    (3) FRA maintains a limited number of kits at its field offices. A 

Class III railroad may utilize kits in FRA's possession, rather than 

maintaining such kits on its property.

    (d) Shipment. Specimens must be shipped as soon as possible by pre-

paid air express or air freight (or other means adequate to ensure 

delivery within twenty-four (24) hours from time of shipment) to the 

laboratory designated in Appendix B to this part. Where express courier 

pickup is available, the railroad must request the medical facility to 

transfer the sealed toxicology kit directly to the express courier for 

transportation. If courier pickup is not available at the medical 

facility where the specimens are collected or for any other reason 

prompt transfer by the medical facility cannot be assured, the railroad 

must promptly transport the sealed shipping kit holding the specimens to 

the most expeditious point of shipment via air express,



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air freight or equivalent means. The railroad must maintain and document 

secure chain of custody of the kit from release by the medical facility 

to delivery for transportation, as described in Appendix C to this part.