Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 638 - Drug and Alcohol Testing
Subchapter 7 - Alcohol Testing Facilities
Section 310:638-7-10 - Proficiency testing
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 310:638-7-10
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(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.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 517, eff 12-12-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 3069, eff 7-27-95
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