(a) A laboratory may not analyze initial or confirmation test specimens unless:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-9-110

  • Drug: means any controlled substance subject to testing pursuant to drug testing regulations adopted by the United States department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 50-9-103
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • test: means any chemical, biological or physical instrumental analysis administered by a laboratory authorized to do so pursuant to this chapter, for the purpose of determining the presence or absence of a drug or its metabolites pursuant to regulations governing drug testing adopted by the United States department of transportation or other recognized authority approved by rule by the commissioner of labor and workforce development. See Tennessee Code 50-9-103
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The laboratory is licensed and approved by the department of health, using criteria established by the United States department of health and human services as guidelines for modeling the state drug-free testing program pursuant to this section, or the laboratory is certified by the United States department of health and human services, the College of American Pathologists or other recognized authority approved by rule by the commissioner of labor and workforce development; and
(2) The laboratory complies with the procedures established by the United States department of transportation for a workplace drug test program or other recognized authority approved by the commissioner of labor and workforce development.
(b) Confirmation tests may only be conducted by a laboratory that meets the requirements of subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) and is certified by either the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or the College of American Pathologists – Forensic Urine Testing Programs.
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