Medical Review Officer Services. To Be Determined I have been provided with a copy of SSL’s Drug Free Workplace and Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy (the “Policy”). I have read the entire contents of the Policy and I am aware and fully understand:
Medical Review Officer Services. 4.1 The TPA must ensure that user agencies are provided with the services of a Medical Review Officer (MRO) who has met the qualification requirements per 49 CFR Part 40.121.
4.2 The TPA must ensure that all laboratory results undergo a medical review verification process that is conducted in accordance with 49 CFR Part 40 - Subpart G, as amended.
4.3 The TPA must ensure that MRO staff are working directly under the supervision of a qualified and certified MRO.
4.4 The TPA must ensure that the MRO is accessible to the donor, by means of a toll- free telephone number, a minimum of twelve hours per day; seven days per week, excluding national holidays.
4.5 The TPA must ensure that a MRO or MRO staff member reports verified positive, adulterated or substituted drug test results verbally to the user agency’s DER on the same day, or next business day, following the MRO verification of the result and in accordance with 49 CFR Part 40.163, 165, 167.
4.6 The TPA must ensure that the MRO and MRO staff members implement a means of secure identification prior to communicating verified positive, adulterated or substituted drug test results to a user agency’s DER, 49 CFR Part 167(b)(2).
4.7 The TPA must ensure that the MRO and MRO staff members are accessible to the user agency’s DER to consult on topics such as a donor’s shy bladder or shy lung medical evaluation, medication use, medical conditions, etc. Consultations of this type must be inclusive of the unit cost per test.
4.8 The TPA must ensure that Medical Review Officers address significant safety concerns regarding a donor’s medication use or medical condition in accordance with 49 CFR Part 135 (e) and are available to speak with a prescribing physician up to five days following the interview with the donor.
4.9 The TPA must ensure that the Medical Review Officer is available to assist user agencies with expert testimony or depositions should an MRO verified result become the focus of litigation brought against a user agency. The user agency will only be responsible for reimbursing the Medical Review Officer for actual expenses incurred while performing these services.
4.10 The TPA must ensure that in the event of an issuance of a Public Interest Exclusion (PIE) involving an MRO whose services are assigned for use under this contract, the contract administrator will be notified, and an alternative MRO will be immediately assigned.
Medical Review Officer Services. If requested, eScreen, using the services of a "Medical Review Officer," as that term is defined in the Guidelines, will review all test results received pursuant to Section 1(b). The Medical Review Officer will have the qualifications as specified in the Guidelines and any applicable federal, state, or local law.
Medical Review Officer Services. The Contractor shall provide the services of a qualified Medical Review Officer.
(1) The MRO shall be responsible for performing all reviewing, notification and reporting requirements of 49 CFR Part 40.
(2) Provide Fitness for Duty Review of Prescription and Over the Counter Drug Use when Medication Approval form is submitted by employee or verification is requested by the State.
(3) If the MRO is changed during the term of the contract, the State must be notified immediately and provided the certification and experience of the proposed MRO. The State may accept or deny approval.
