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DATIA Announces Workshop on Implementing a Student Drug Testing Program To Be Held on July 18, 2002 in Washington, DC
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Due to the incredible interest in the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision determining whether schools can subject extracurricular participants to mandatory, suspicionless drug tests, DATIA is pleased to announce the first comprehensive training workshop to be held on Thursday, July 18, 2002 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. This workshop is aimed at educating administrators of student drug and alcohol testing programs and their service providers on implementing a successful student drug and alcohol testing program. Co-sponsors for this workshop include: Drug Free America Foundation, Inc., Save Our Society From Drugs, The Start SMART Foundation, International Scientific and Medical Forum on Drug Abuse, Institute on Global Drug Policy, Legal Foundation Against Illicit Drugs, AZ HIDTA, National Student Drug Testing Steering Committee, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CITIZEN ANTI-DRUG POLICY, and Drug Free Kids: America's Challenge. Read the brochure and register today.
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Question & Answer: Excerpts from the Response Letter from DOT to DATIA
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Question: Must an employer or C/TPA who is required to submit blind specimens to laboratories send adulterated or substituted blinds if the employer or C/TPA is not yet having specimens undergo validity testing?
Answer: At the present time, validity testing remains an employer option. Therefore, if an employer or C/TPA required to submit blind specimens is not conducting validity testing during the course of its normal testing, the employer or C/TPA needs not send adulterated or substituted blind specimens to the laboratories used.
However, if an employer or C/TPA conducts validity testing, adulterated or substituted blind specimens must be sent to the laboratories used. Part 40 requires that approximately 75 percent of the blinds must be blank (i.e., containing no drugs, nor adulterated or substituted); 15 percent must be positive for one or more drugs; and 10 percent must be adulterated or substituted. If the employer or C/TPA is not exercising the option to conduct validity testing, approximately 75 percent of blinds must be blank and 25 percent must be positive for one or more drugs.
** HHS Announced at the most recent Drug Testing Advisory Board meeting that the final Specimen Validity Testing Guidelines are expected to be printed in the Federal Register in the late fall of 2002. DATIA will keep you updated.
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Mark Your Calendar
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January 31, 2003 is fast approaching! Make sure you receive your required specimen collector qualification training and perform your required proficiency demonstrations before the DOT’s deadline.
Register for a DATIA Certified Professional Collector Trainer™ (CPCT) course today. At the same time, you can register for the valuable Secrets to Successful Drug and Alcohol Testing Program Management course.
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US Pupils Face Random Drug Testing: Supreme Court Is Set to Reject a Teenager's Challenge
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The Supreme Court is expected, within the next few days, to rule against a teenager from the Midwest who was forced to undergo a drug test when she signed up to sing in the school choir. Read on.
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