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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" citation="COMAR 12.04.01.15" title_num="12" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Drug Screening Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Urine Sample Collection.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A law enforcement agency conducting drug screening shall ensure that the process used by the law enforcement agency includes the minimum requirements under this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A law enforcement agency conducting drug screening shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Verify the identity of the individual providing the sample by examining a driver's license or other acceptable means of photographic identification;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Obtain the urine sample in a manner that reasonably prevents substitution, alteration, or tampering;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Ensure that a minimum of 50 milliliters of urine is collected from the individual providing the sample;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Ensure that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A urine sample is collected using a proper container that has been sealed by the manufacturer;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Once the seal is broken by the individual supplying the urine sample and the urine sample is deposited in the container, the container is sealed by the individual supplying the urine sample;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The container is sealed using tamper-proof tape that extends over and around the container cover;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Once the container is sealed and accepted from the individual supplying the sample, ensure the sample is labeled with the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Name of the individual supplying the sample;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Date the sample was given; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Name of the individual who received the sample;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Ensure that before the individual provides a urine sample, the individual provides written consent for the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Collection of the sample;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Analysis of the sample; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Disclosure of the analysis results to the employing law enforcement agency and the Commission; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Secure, maintain, and transport the sample in a manner that preserves the chain of custody.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Positive Urine Sample Results.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A urine sample screened positive under §C(2) of this regulation is considered evidence of recent use of a controlled dangerous substance, narcotic drug, or marijuana.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A positive screen for a controlled dangerous substance, narcotic drug, or marijuana conclusively establishes that the individual providing the sample is not of good moral character established under Regulation .04 or .07 of this chapter and may not be employed or certified by the Commission as a police officer.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The agency head shall ensure that a positive screen for controlled dangerous substances, narcotic drugs, or marijuana was not a result of legal use.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Urine Sample Analysis.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>To ensure the reliability and integrity of the testing process, the employing law enforcement agency conducting drug screening shall ensure that the process used by the law enforcement agency to analyze the sample includes the minimum requirements under this section.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A law enforcement agency conducting drug screening and analyzing a urine sample shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Conduct urine sample analysis according to provisions under Health-General Article, §17-214, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Ensure that the urine sample is screened by an enzyme immunoassay, radioimmunoassay testing method, or another equally scientifically rigorous screening method; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>At a minimum, ensure that the screening method includes testing for the presence of the controlled dangerous substances, narcotic drugs, or marijuana, or classes of controlled dangerous substances, or their metabolites listed in §C(3) of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A positive screen is indicated if the test result meets or exceeds an amount at the following levels measured in nanograms per milliliter specified for each controlled dangerous substance, narcotic drug, or marijuana, or classes of controlled dangerous substances, or their metabolites as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Amphetamines — 1,000;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Barbiturates — 300;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Cannabis or cannabinoids — 50;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Opiates — 300;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Cocaine or cocaine metabolite — 300;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Phencyclidine — 25; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Benzodiazepines — 300.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Confirmation of a Positive Screen Required.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A positive screen of a urine sample for each substance identified under §C(3) of this regulation shall be confirmed using gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, or other equally scientifically rigorous testing method.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A urine sample resulting in a positive screen using the method under §C(2)(b) of this regulation alone is inconclusive, unless the positive screen result is confirmed according to §C(4)(a) of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>