Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 177 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 7 - RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO ANALYSES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE DRUG CONTENT IN URINE WHILE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS
Section 177-7-005 - SPECIMEN COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION

Universal Citation: 177 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 7 § 005

Current through September 17, 2024

005.01 The urine specimen

7-005.01A The collection of urine shall include saving a portion of an initial urination in a clean, dry, sample container and capped.

7-005.01B Sample collection shall be in the presence of collection personnel designated by the law enforcement agency to assure that adulteration of the sample does not occur.

7-005.01C Specimen containers shall be labeled and shall show the following information on the label: name of person tested, date and time of specimen collection, and initials of person supervising the collection of the specimen.

7-005.01D Specimen containers, with collected urine, shall be sealed and refrigerated as soon as practical as described in 177 NAC 7-005.01E.

7-005.01E While not in transit to a site for screening or to a site for confirmatory testing, and while not under actual testing, all urine specimens shall be in secured refrigerated storage at four (4) degrees centigrade or less.

005.02 The evidence seal

At the testing site the evidence seal shall be broken and the sample analyzed. The seal shall not be broken except by the Class D permit holder at the time just prior to testing.

005.03 Retention of specimen following testing

Any remaining specimen after testing shall be retained in a secured frozen storage for a period of not less than one year, unless requested and receipted for by a defendant's legal counsel. If the defendant is acting as his/her own legal counsel, the sample shall be transferred directly to another testing site if so requested. The sample shall be analyzed within ten days of receipt by the defendant's legal counsel at another testing site as requested in the transfer instructions.

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