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Procedures for Random Urine
Drug Testing of USD 379 Students
1. LIST OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS
The Designated Official will prepare a list of eligible students. This list
will be forwarded to the Vendor for the random selection of students who
will submit urine specimens for testing.
2. RANDOM SELECTION OF STUDENTS FOR TESTING
The Vendor will use a system to assure that students are selected in a random
fashion. This system will utilize a computer based system designed specifically
for the purpose of randomly selecting individuals for drug testing.
3. SCHEDULING OF URINE DRUG TESTING
Urine drug testing is unannounced. The day and date are selected by the Designated
Official and confirmed with the Vendor. Random testing may be done up to
bi-weekly, but not during holidays and spring break.
4. INITIAL TESTING
At the beginning of the year, all eligible students may be subject to urine
drug testing. This testing will be accomplished on a date and time coordinated
with the testing Vendor. The Designated Official is responsible for seeing
that all students and their parent/guardian/custodian properly sign the Informed
Consent Agreement (attached) prior to testing. Any student moving
into the District may be tested within 30 days of enrollment. A
student will only be required to take one initial test per year to participate
in extracurricular activities (if such testing is done.)
5. TESTING YEAR
The testing year begins the date the first activity for the upcoming school
year commences and continues for 365 days thereafter.
6. FORM COMPLETION
The Vendor is responsible for seeing that proper drug testing custody and control
forms are used that satisfy the needs of the Policy for
Random Urine Drug Testing of Clay County USD 379 Students and the testing
laboratory. A student number will be used for identification with the student's
name only appearing on the copies that go to the donor, MRO, and School official.
7. COLLECTION PROCESS
Selected Students are escorted from class to the collection site. A specimen
of urine is collected following this process:
a. No purses, bags or containers may be taken into the
collection area with the student. All extra coats, vests, jackets, sweaters,
etc., are to be removed before entering the collection area.
b. The collector adds a bluing agent (food coloring)
to the water in the urinal or toilet.
c. Student is asked to rinse their hands and dry them.
If no water is easily accessible, a nonalcoholic wipe may be used instead.
d. The drug testing custody and control form is completed
by the Student and collector.
e. The student is told to
urinate directly into the provided container and should provide a sufficient
amount of urine (at least 30ml) in one at tempt. The student is also
told they are to hand the container of urine to the collector.
f. The student enters a closed stall to collect the specimen,
and then hands the container to the collector.
g. The collector checks the volume, reads and records
the temperature within four minutes of collection, and looks for evidence of
tampering. If tampering is suspected, a second specimen will be requested. A
second suspected tampered specimen will be considered refusal to test and
the Designated Official notified.
h. With the student watching, the collector will pour
the specimen into the two bottles and recap the specimen bottles tightly.
i. The collector takes the
properly signed and initialed bottle seals and places them over the
caps and sides of the bottles.
j. The sealed bottles are placed inside the transport
bag.
k. The top lab copies of the drug testing custody and
control form are folded with the top portion visible to the outside and placed
in the Requisition Pouch. The transport bag and pouch are sealed as indicated.
The student is given the donor copy of the form.
l. The student may wash their hands and is then sent
back to class.
m. The collector distributes the remaining copies of
the form as required, being responsible for get ting the appropriate copy of
the form to the MRO in a timely manner.
n. The Designated Official will be notified immediately
of any student who refuses to give a urine sample or is suspected of adulteration.
8. MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER (MRO) RESPONSIBILITIES
The MRO will review all results of urine drug testing. Any urine specimen testing
positive for illicit drugs, banned substances, or adulteration will be handled
in the following manner:
a. The MRO determines if any discrepancies have occurred
in the Chain of Custody.
b. Depending on the substances found in the urine, if
necessary the MRO will contact the parent/guardian/custodian to determine if
the student is on any prescribed medication from a physician.
c. If the student is on medication, the parent/guardian/custodian
will be asked to obtain a letter from the prescribing physician, within five
working days, to document what medications the student is currently taking. Failure
to provide such requested information will be considered a positive result.
d. The MRO will then determine if any of the prescribed
medications resulted in the positive drug screen.
e. Finally, the MRO, based on the information given,
will certify the drug test results as positive or negative and report this to
the building principal, initially reporting positive results by phone.
The MRO will also notify the Prevention Coordinator or Designated Official
that a drug test returned positive giving only the dates of the collection
and reporting.
(1) For example, a drug screen positive for codeine may be ruled negative by
the MRO when he receives a letter from the treating physician that the student
has been prescribed Tylenol© with codeine as a pain medication following
tooth extraction.
(2) Or, if the student has a positive drug screen for codeine and has no documented
physician order for the medication (maybe a parent gave the student one of
their pills), this would likely be ruled a positive drug test by the MRO.
(3) Drug screens positive for illicit drugs (marijuana, heroin, cocaine or
alcohol, etc.) would automatically be considered positive by the MRO.
f. The MRO may use quantitative results to determine
if positive results on repeat tests indicate recent use of illicit or banned
substances or the natural decline of levels of the illicit or banned substance
from the body. If the MRO feels the quantitative levels determined to be above
the established cutoffs do not reflect current use but natural decay, then a
negative result may be reported.
9. PICK-UP PROCESS
The vendor is responsible for seeing that specimens are delivered to or picked
up by the testing laboratory and the Chain of Custody form properly annotated.
10. PROCEDURES IN THE EVENT OF A POSITIVE RESULT
These procedures are listed in the main body of the Student
Random Urine Drug Testing Policy, Section 6.
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