SECTION 310:638-1-3. Qualifications of testing facilities

(a)   Drug screen testing facilities.

(1)   Drug screen testing facilities not certified for forensic urine drug testing by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or accredited for forensic urine drug testing by the College of American Pathologists shall meet the provisions of this Chapter for the matrices for which they test for drugs of abuse in order to be eligible for licensure as a testing facility.

(2)   Drug screen testing facilities certified for forensic urine drug testing by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, accredited for forensic urine drug testing by the College of American Pathologists, or licensed by a State acceptable to the Department shall be deemed to meet the requirements of OAC 310:638 Subchapter 5 and shall be eligible for licensure as a testing facility.

(b)   Drug confirmation testing facilities. All facilities performing drug confirmation testing using urine or saliva as the testing matrix shall be certified for forensic urine drug testing by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or accredited for forensic urine drug testing by the College of American Pathologists in order to be eligible for licensure as a testing facility. Facilities performing confirmation testing using hair as the testing matrix, shall have passed an inspection performed by the Department or be licensed by another State acceptable to the Department.

(c)   Notification requirements. All testing facilities licensed by the Department based on certification by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, accreditation by the College of American Pathologists, or licensed by another State accepted by the Department shall notify the Department in writing within ten (10) days of the loss of such certification, accreditation, or licensure.

[Source: Added at 11 Ok Reg 4339, eff 7-14-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 517, eff 12-12-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 3069, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 381, eff 11-1-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2045, eff 6-12-00; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1183, eff 4-2-07 (emergency); Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2436, eff 7-11-08]