Drugs of Abuse

Testing Standards.

Type of Test: Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) or any other testing technology that the lab considers appropriate.

Confirmation Test: Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) or Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectroscopy (LC/MS/MS), or any testing technology the laboratory considers appropriate.

Drug testing and the chain of custody shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs and the Department of Transportation, except as modified explicitly under this plan. The cutoff value shall change automatically upon change by such federal agency for those substances addressed by federal guidelines.

Effective January 1, 2019, the following substances will be tested at the indicated levels:

Cutoff value Confirmation Cutoff Value Units
Amphetamines 500 250 ng/mL
Benzodiazepines 200 100 ng/mL
Cannabinoids 50 15 ng/mL
Cocaine 150 100 ng/mL
Ethanol 50 50 mg/dL
Opiates (Incl. Synthetics) 300 100 ng/mL
Oxycodne 100 100 ng/mL
PCP 25 25 ng/mL
Heroin 10 10 ng/mL
Methadone 300 150 ng/mL
Ecstasy 500 250 ng/mL