Arizona Laws 23-493.03. Testing procedures
All sample collection and testing for drugs and alcohol impairment under this article shall be performed according to the following conditions:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 23-493.03
- Alcohol: means ethanol, isopropanol or methanol. See Arizona Laws 23-493
- Drugs: means any substance considered unlawful under the schedules of the controlled substances section of the comprehensive drug abuse prevention and control act of 1970, as amended, (P. See Arizona Laws 23-493
- Impairment: means symptoms that a prospective employee or employee while working may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol that may decrease or lessen the employee's performance of the duties or tasks of the employee's job position, including symptoms of the employee's speech, walking, standing, physical dexterity, agility, coordination, actions, movement, demeanor, appearance, clothing, odor, irrational or unusual behavior, negligence or carelessness in operating equipment, machinery or production or manufacturing processes, disregard for the safety of the employee or others, involvement in an accident that results in serious damage to equipment, machinery or property, disruption of a production or manufacturing process, any injury to the employee or others or other symptoms causing a reasonable suspicion of the use of drugs or alcohol. See Arizona Laws 23-493
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Sample: means urine, blood, breath, saliva, hair or other substances from the person being tested. See Arizona Laws 23-493
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. The collection of samples shall be performed under reasonable and sanitary conditions.
2. Sample collections shall be documented and these documentation procedures shall include both of the following:
(a) Labeling of samples in order to reasonably preclude the possibility of misidentification of the person tested in relation to the test result provided.
(b) An opportunity for the person to be tested to provide notification of any information that may be considered relevant to the test, including identification of currently or recently used prescription or nonprescription drugs or other relevant medical information.
3. Sample collection, storage and transportation to the place of testing shall be performed in a manner reasonably designed to preclude the possibility of sample contamination, adulteration or misidentification.
4. Sample testing shall comply with scientifically accepted analytical methods and procedures. Drug testing shall be conducted at a laboratory approved or certified by the United States department of health and human services, the college of American pathologists or the department of health services.
5. Drug testing shall include confirmation of any positive drug test results for employees. Confirmation of positive drug test results for employees shall be by use of a different chemical process than was used in the initial drug screen. The second or confirmatory drug test shall be a chromatographic technique such as gas chromatography-mass spectrometry or another comparably reliable analytical method.