Chain of Custody. The urine and/or blood sample shall be documented. If needed, a second test is permissible, but will be done from the original sample. If the test results are positive, and the employee wants to challenge the test results, it will be at the Employer’s expense. If the results of the re-test are negative, the test results will be considered negative. At any point in the chain of custody, if any of the following occurs, the employee shall not be re-tested and the sample shall be void (any discrepancy, any lapse of unknown time or an illegible signature of an unidentifiable person).
Chain of Custody. The Appointing Authority shall maintain a written record of the chain of custody of the sample and ensure proper handling thereof, and comply with the rules adopted by the Commissioner of Health pertaining to chain of custody; until the rules are adopted by the Commissioner, the written record shall include a signature of each person accepting transfer of the sample, the date and time of the transfer, and a notation about the condition of the seal at the time of the transfer.
Chain of Custody. The testing facility shall maintain a written record of the chain of custody of the sample and ensure proper handling as required.
Chain of Custody. Contractor’s Laboratory Service Provider shall ensure a legally defensible written and performed chain of custody procedure effective from the point of sample pick up from Contractor's facility, through individual sample preparation, screening analysis, positive test result confirmation, and sample storage to the point of written result reporting to Probation. This procedure shall be submitted for review prior to commencement of services and must be approved by Probation.
Chain of Custody. All SAMHSA standards for Chain of Custody will be adhered to. A specimen for which the SAMHSA standards are not complied with shall not be considered for any purpose under this Policy. Laboratories. All laboratories which perform tests under this Policy shall be SAMHSA certified.
Chain of Custody. These are the procedures beginning at the time of collection to account for all handling and storage of each specimen.
Chain of Custody. Chain of Custody standardized forms shall be properly executed by authorized collection site personnel upon receipt of specimens. Handling and transportation of urine specimens from one authorized individual or place to another shall always be accomplished through chain of custody procedures. Every effort shall be made to minimize the number of persons handling specimens.
Chain of Custody. Chain of custody shall be as dictated through standard laboratory protocols.
Chain of Custody. In the presence of the employee, the medical assistant will cap the bottles and place a tamper-proof seal over each cap.
Chain of Custody. Test specimens shall be stored and transported using the same documented chain of custody and standard of care and safety applied to evidence throughout the Department and Bureau. Sealed specimen bottles shall be placed in a locked portable container and kept under the direct control of the Collection Site Supervisor until it leaves his or her custody. The Collection Site Supervisor may store the container in the most appropriate, authorized facility evidence locker. All such containers shall be picked up the next business day and transported to the Laboratory. Only Collection Site Supervisors and Laboratory personnel shall possess keys to the portable specimen container. When a specimen is stored in a facility's evidence locker, all LASD or Bureau evidence handling procedure shall apply, including tagging the container and entering it into the LASD’s Facility Master Property Ledger or the Bureau’s Property Register. All such entries shall be listed as "Lab Container No. " showing the appropriate container number. No other written remarks about container contents or test subject identities shall be made. The Collection Log Sheet and Pre-test Declaration forms shall be locked inside the specimen container and, upon delivery to the Laboratory, both the transporting employee and the Laboratory employee authorized to receive the specimens shall open the container. They shall obtain the Collection Log Sheet and note their identities in the appropriate place on the form. At this point, the Laboratory assumes custody of the specimens, Collection Log Sheets and sealed envelopes containing the Pre-test Declaration forms. A copy of the test subject Collection Log Sheet shall be retained by the Collection Site Supervisor.
