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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".21" citation="COMAR 12.10.01.21" title_num="12" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="01" heading="Drug Screening Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Urine Sample Collection.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An agency head conducting drug screening shall ensure that the process used by the correctional unit includes the minimum requirements under this section.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The correctional unit representative collecting a urine sample from an individual applying for a mandated position required to submit a urine sample shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Before collecting the sample, verify the identity of the individual providing the sample by examining a driver's license or other acceptable form of photographic identification;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Before collecting the sample, obtain written consent from the individual authorizing:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Collection and analysis of the sample; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Disclosure of the sample analysis to the correctional unit and the Commission;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Obtain the urine sample in a manner that reasonably prevents substitution, alteration, or tampering;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Ensure that a minimum of 50 milliliters of urine is collected from the individual providing the sample;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Ensure that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A urine sample is collected using a proper container that was sealed by the manufacturer when presented to the individual providing the sample; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Once the container's seal is broken by the individual providing the sample and the urine sample is deposited in the container, the container is sealed by the individual supplying the urine sample;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>The container is sealed using tamper-proof tape that extends over and around the container;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Once the sealed container is accepted from the individual supplying the urine sample, record on the container the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Name of the individual providing the urine sample;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Date the urine sample was taken; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Name of the individual who received the sample from the individual providing the sample; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Ensure that the urine sample is secured and stored 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>An agency head shall ensure that a positive screen for a controlled dangerous substance, narcotic drug, or marijuana is not the result of legal use by the individual.</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, an employing agency conducting drug screening shall ensure that the process used to analyze the urine sample includes the minimum requirements under this section.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An agency conducting drug screening under this chapter shall ensure that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A urine sample is screened by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Enzyme immunoassay;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Radioimmunoassay testing; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Other equally scientifically rigorous screening method;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The drug screening tests for the presence of the following controlled dangerous substances, narcotic drugs, or marijuana or classes of controlled dangerous substances, narcotic drugs, or marijuana or controlled dangerous substance, narcotic drug, or marijuana metabolites at the minimum levels, measured in nanograms per milliliter, specified:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Amphetamines — 1,000;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Barbiturates — 300;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Cannabis or cannabinoids — 50;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Opiates — 300;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Cocaine or cocaine metabolite — 300;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Phencyclidine — 25; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>Benzodiazepines — 300;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A positive drug screen is confirmed for each controlled dangerous substance, narcotic drug, or marijuana identified by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Gas chromatography;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Mass spectrometry; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Other equally scientifically rigorous method; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Drug screening and sample analysis are conducted according to provisions under Health-General Article, §17-214, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Commission:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Considers a urine sample collected and analyzed under this regulation that shows a presence of a controlled dangerous substance, narcotic drug, or marijuana in a quantity equaling or exceeding the limits for the controlled dangerous substance, narcotic drug, or marijuana under §C(2)(b) of this regulation to be a positive drug screen; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Requires confirmation of a positive drug screen according to §C(2)(c) of this regulation before accepting the results as conclusive.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>