SECTION 310:638-7-10. Proficiency testing

(a)   Enrollment and performance.

(1)   The testing facility performing blood and/or urine alcohol testing shall enroll in and demonstrate satisfactory performance in an approved proficiency testing program for the blood and/or urine alcohol testing method(s) it performs.

(2)   The testing facility performing blood and/or urine alcohol testing shall satisfactorily perform at least one (1) proficiency testing event prior to initial licensure and demonstrate continued satisfactory performance to maintain licensure.

(3)   The testing facility performing blood and/or urine alcohol testing shall authorize the proficiency testing service to send results to the Oklahoma State Department of Health for review. The testing facility shall maintain records which shall document the handling, processing and examination of all proficiency testing samples for at least two (2) years from the date of testing.

(4)   The testing facility performing blood and/or urine alcohol testing shall ensure that proficiency testing samples are analyzed at least three (3) times each year using the same techniques as those employed for screening unknown specimens.

(5)   The proficiency testing samples shall be included with the routine sample run and tested with the same frequency as unknown samples by the individuals responsible for testing unknown specimens.

(6)   The testing facility performing blood and/or urine alcohol testing shall not engage in discussions or communications concerning proficiency testing results with other testing facilities nor shall they send proficiency testing samples or portions of the samples to another testing facility for analysis.

(b)   Satisfactory performance.

(1)   The testing facility performing blood and/or urine alcohol testing shall maintain an overall testing event score of at least eighty (80) percent for proficiency testing performance to be considered satisfactory.

(2)   Failure to participate in a proficiency testing event shall result in a score of zero (0) percent for the testing event.

(c)   Unsuccessful performance. Failure to achieve satisfactory performance in two (2) consecutive testing events, or two (2) of three (3) consecutive testing events, shall be determined to be unsuccessful performance.

[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 517, eff 12-12-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 3069, eff 7-27-95]