Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 95 > Article 20 - Controlled Substance Examination Regulation

• Approved laboratory: means a clinical chemistry laboratory which performs controlled substances testing and which has demonstrated satisfactory performance in the forensic urine drug testing programs of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the College of American Pathologists for the type of tests and controlled substances being evaluated. See North Carolina General Statutes 95-231
• Controlled substance: is a s defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 95-231
• Controlled substance examination: means all actions related to drug testing for the purpose of determining if an examinee has used controlled substances. See North Carolina General Statutes 95-231
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Examinee: means an individual who is an employee of the examiner or an applicant for employment with the examiner and who is requested or required by an examiner to submit to a controlled substance examination. See North Carolina General Statutes 95-231
• Examiner: means a person, firm, or corporation, doing business in the State, including State, county, and municipal employers, who is the employer or prospective employer of the examinee and who performs or has performed by an approved laboratory a controlled substance examination. See North Carolina General Statutes 95-231
• in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Screening: means initial controlled substance examination performed for the purpose of determining use of controlled substances by an examinee. See North Carolina General Statutes 95-231
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3