a Medical Review Officer (MRO), and requirements for federal agency actions. Issues directly affecting DOT include:
Te requirement for a split specimen. DOT requests comments on whether serial or simultaneous collection using two collection devices constitutes a split collection, and recommendations for any other oral fluid collection processes that enable subdividing the collected specimen. Ensuring that positive THC results
show actual use vs. environmental exposure.
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Urine Mandatory Guidelines. Te proposed revisions to the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs will revise the initial and confirmatory drug test analytes
and methods for urine testing, revise the cutoff for reporting a specimen as adulterated based on low pH, revise the requalification requirements for individuals serving as MROs and, where appropriate, include references to the use of an alternate specimen in federal workplace drug testing programs.
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Testing for new drugs. In addition to expanding testing for both oral fluid and urine, the URMG and OFMG will include urine and oral testing procedures for four Schedule II prescription medications: hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone not currently included in the Mandatory Guidelines. Any final rule issued by the HHS
regarding these proposals will be taken
into consideration and may affect the DOT testing program under 49 CFR Part 40, but only aſter the DOT conducts its own rulemaking.
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Proposed Mandatory Guidelines for Oral Fluid Testing in the Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (htp://
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2015-05-15/pdf/2015-11523.pdf)
Proposed Revised Mandatory Guidelines for Urine Testing in the Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (htp://
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2015-05-15/pdf/2015-11524.pdf) DATIA submited comments on behalf of the industry and will keep members informed as this rulemaking progresses. Te comment period ended July 14. ❚
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