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House Journal: Page 827: Monday, March 20, 1995

25     (1)  The initial screening test may utilize
26   immunoassay, thin layer, high performance liquid or
27   gas chromatography, or an equivalent technology.  If
28   the initial test utilizes immunoassay, the test kit
29   must meet the requirements of the United States food
30   and drug administration.
31     (2)  Samples which have tested positive by initial
32   testing, with the exception of alcohol, shall be
33   confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry or
34   by a scientifically equivalent technique approved by
35   the department.
36     (3)  All initial positive drug test results with
37   the exception of alcohol shall be confirmed by gas
38   chromatography-mass spectrometry or an equivalent test
39   approved by the department before being reported as
40   positive or negative.
41     (4)  All initial positive test results for alcohol
42   shall be confirmed by gas chromatography, or a test
43   that is recognized by the department as an equivalent
44   test before being reported as positive or negative.
45     (5)  Preliminary reports for drugs other than
46   alcohol shall not be issued in the absence of
47   confirmation by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
48   or a scientifically equivalent test approved by the
49   department.
50     (6)  Complete chain of custody procedures shall be
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 1   used for referred specimens.  When sample volumes
 2   permit, it is recommended that only an aliquot of the
 3   original specimen be sent to a reference laboratory.
 4     Sec. 3.  Section 730.5, subsection 7, Code 1995, is
 5   amended to read as follows:
 6     7.  A drug test conducted as a part of a physical
 7   examination performed as a part of a preemployment
 8   physical or as a part of a regularly scheduled
 9   physical is only permissible In addition to drug
10   testing permitted by subsection 3, drug testing of an
11   employee or applicant for employment shall also be
12   permitted under the following circumstances:
13     a.  For a preemployment physical, the employer
14   shall include notice that a drug test will be part of
15   a preemployment physical in any notice or
16   advertisement soliciting applicants for employment or
17   in the application for employment, and an applicant
18   for employment shall be personally informed of the
19   requirement for a drug test at the first interview.
20     b.  For a regularly scheduled physical, the
21   employer shall give notice that a drug test will be
22   part of the physical at least thirty days prior to the
23   date the physical is scheduled.
24     c.  An employer may require an employee, as a
25   condition of employment, to undergo drug testing if

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