Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0250 - Children's Services
Subtitle 0250-07 - Social Services Division
Chapter 0250-07-02 - Drug Screening for Individuals Receiving Services from the Department of Children's Services
Section 0250-07-02-.01 - DEFINITIONS

(1) "Adulteration" means to invalidate a specimen by adding another substance (e.g. adding water or a chemical to the specimen; tampering).

(2) "Chain of Custody" means the action of documenting the collection, management, and storage of a specimen from the moment the individual provides the specimen to the final destination of the specimen and the review and reporting of the final test result.

(3) "Confirmatory Screening" means a second analytical procedure to identify the presence of alcohol or a specific drug or its metabolites in a specimen.

(4) "DCS" or "Department" means the Tennessee Department of Children's Services.

(5) "Direct Observation" means the visualization by the person administering a urine drug screen of the urine stream leaving the body of the individual and entering the screen cup.

(6) "Drug Metabolite" means the by product of the human body breaking down or metabolizing a drug into a different substance.

(7) "Drug Screening" means the use of various biologic sources to identify the presence of one (1) or more drugs of use.

(8) "Drug Testing" means a technical analysis of a biological specimen to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites.

(9) "Indirect Observation" means presence of the person administering a drug screen in the immediate area, balancing the need for privacy against prudent measures for prevention of adulteration or substitution of samples.

(10) "Individual" means a person receiving or participating in non-custodial, in-home, and/or custodial services with DCS.

(11) "Reasonable Suspicion" means a belief based on specific, objective, articulable facts and the reasonable inferences that may be drawn from those facts, or knowledge sufficient under the circumstances to cause an ordinary prudent and cautious person to believe the existence of a fact or condition.

(12) "Specimen" means a biological sample used for drug testing purposes, including, but not limited to, urine, hair, blood, breath, meconium, sweat, and/or oral fluid/saliva.

(13) "Substance Use Assessment" means a preliminary systematic screening to evaluate the likelihood that an individual is abusing or misusing substances or has a substance use disorder. Screening is used to identify whether formal assessment by a licensed behavioral health clinician is necessary. Screening is intended to identify individuals at risk for or actually experiencing harm associated with the use of alcohol and/or drugs. Any DCS employee with appropriate training can administer a drug screen.