This program is intended to provide guidance and training to those individuals who will be conducting both Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) regulated urine specimen collections. While this program is more than just an overview, obvious restraints prohibit an in-depth discussion of every procedure or problem that might be encountered.
This program only serves as a training program. It does not represent final authority. Every effort has been taken to keep this course up-to-date with current regulations. However, if anything you see in this program which conflicts with the Federal Regulations, 49 CFR § 40, or the Guidelines published in the Federal Register, 73 Fed. Reg. 71858 (Nov. 25, 2008), the references given prevail and must be followed.
Training to qualify as a drug screen collector must include the flawless completion of five mock collections. These mock collections must include the following scenarios and must be performed in the presence of a qualified collector:
- Two uneventful collections.
- One collection in which the quantity of specimen is not sufficient.
- One collection in which the temperature of the specimen is out of range.
- One collection in which the donor refuses to sign either the donor certification on the Medical Review Officer’s (pink) copy of the CCF or refuses to initial the security strips.
