Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
The drug screen testing facility shall contract with, or
employ, the following personnel to perform, supervise, and report drug screen
tests:
(1)
Director. The
drug screen testing facility shall have a qualified individual to assume
professional, organizational, educational, and administrative responsibility
for the drug screen testing facility. The director shall possess the following
minimum qualifications:
(A) A bachelor's
degree from an accredited institution in the chemical, biological, or physical
sciences or medical laboratory science; and two (2) or more years of full-time
drug testing experience; or
(B)
Abachelor's degree from an accredited institution; and four (4) or more years
of full-time drug testing experience; or
(C) An associate's degree from an accredited
institution in the chemical, biological, or physical sciences or a medical
laboratory science; and three (3) or more years of full-time drug testing
experience.
(2)
Director responsibilities. The director shall be engaged in, and
be responsible for, the management of the drug screen testing facility even
where another individual has overall responsibility for an entire
multispecialty testing facility.
(A) The
director shall be responsible for ensuring that there are sufficient personnel
with adequate training and experience to supervise and conduct the work of the
drug screen testing facility. The director shall ensure the continued
competency of drug screen testing facility personnel by documenting their
inservice training, reviewing their work performance, and verifying their
skills.
(B) The director shall be
responsible for the drug screen testing facility having a procedure manual
which is complete, up-to-date, available for personnel performing tests, and
followed by those personnel. The procedure manual shall be reviewed, signed,
and dated by the director whenever procedures are first placed into use, or
changed, or when a new individual assumes responsibility for direction of the
drug screen testing facility. Copies of all procedures and dates on which they
are in effect shall be maintained.
(C) The director shall be responsible:
(i) for maintaining a quality assurance
program to ensure the proper performance and reporting of all test results:
(ii) for maintaining acceptable
analytical performance for all controls and standards;
(iii) for maintaining quality control
testing; and
(iv) for assuring and
documenting the validity, reliability, accuracy, precision, and performance
characteristics of each test and test system.
(D) The director shall be responsible for
assuring all necessary action is taken to maintain satisfactory operation and
performance of the drug screen testing facility in response to quality control
systems not being within performance specifications, errors in result reporting
or in analysis of performance testing results. The director shall ensure that
sample results are not reported until all corrective actions have been taken
and he or she can ensure that the test results provided are accurate and
reliable.
(3)
General supervisor. A qualified general supervisor shall be on the
premises during all hours in which tests are performed. The general supervisor
shall be responsible for day-to-day operations and supervision of analysts. The
general supervisor shall possess the following minimum qualifications:
(A) A high school diploma or equivalent and
documented training by the manufacturer, or other qualified person, in the
operation and maintenance of the test system utilized, to include the
instrumentation, test reagents, calibration and quality control materials, and
any other equipment or supplies required in the performance of the drug screen
testing procedure; and
(B) Have
training and experience in the theory and practice of the procedures used in
the drug screen testing facility, resulting in a thorough understanding of:
(i) quality control practices and procedures;
(ii) the review, interpretation,
and reporting of test results;
(iii) maintenance of chain of custody; and
(iv) proper remedial actions to be
taken in response to test systems being out of control limits or detecting
aberrant test or quality control results.
(4)
Test validation. The drug
screen testing facility shall have a qualified individual(s) who reviews all
pertinent data and quality control results in order to attest to the validity
of the drug screen testing facility's test reports. A drug screen testing
facility may designate more than one person to perform this function. This
individual(s) shall be any employee who is qualified as director or general
supervisor.
(5)
Other
personnel. Other technical or nontechnical staff shall have the
necessary training and skills for the tasks assigned, and shall perform only
those procedures that require a degree of skill commensurate with their
training, education, and technical ability.
(6)
Training. The drug screen
testing facility shall make available continuing education programs to meet the
needs of facility personnel.
(7)
Personnel records. Personnel records shall include at least the
following:
(A) verification of education;
(B) initial skills orientation
program;
(C) resume of training and
experience;
(D) documentation of
continuing education;
(E)
certification or license, if any;
(F) references;
(G) job descriptions;
(H) records of performance evaluation and
advancement;
(I) incident reports;
and
(J) results of tests which
establish employee competency.
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 24 Ok Reg 1183, eff 4-2-07
(emergency); Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2436, eff
7-11-08
