PocketLaw | CFR 49 | Medical Review Officers and the Verification

How does the MRO or DER notify an employee of the verification process after receiving laboratory confirmed non-negative drug test results?

Section
40.133

Without interviewing the employee, under what circumstances may the MRO verify a test result as positive, or as a refusal to test because of adulteration or substitution, or as cancelled because the test was invalid?

Section
40.135

What does the MRO tell the employee at the beginning of the verification interview?

Section
40.137

On what basis does the MRO verify test results involving marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, semi-synthetic opioids, or PCP?

Section
40.139

On what basis does the MRO verify test results involving 6-acetylmorphine, codeine, and morphine?

Section
40.141

How does the MRO obtain information for the verification decision?

Section
40.143

§ 40.143 [Reserved]

Section
40.145

On what basis does the MRO verify test results involving adulteration or substitution?

Section
40.147

How does the MRO notify employees of their right to a test of the split specimen?

Section
40.155

What does the MRO do when a negative or positive test result is also dilute?

Section
40.157

§ 40.157 [Reserved]

Section
40.159

What does the MRO do when a drug test result is invalid?

Section
40.160

What does the MRO do when a valid test result cannot be produced and a negative result is required?

Section
40.161

What does the MRO do when a drug test specimen is rejected for testing?

Section
40.162

What must MROs do with multiple verified results for the same testing event?

Section
40.163

How does the MRO report drug test results?

Section
40.165

To whom does the MRO transmit reports of drug test results?

Section
40.167

How are MRO reports of drug results transmitted to the employer?

Section
40.169

Medical Review Officers and the Verification Process

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What are the MRO's functions in reviewing negative test results?

What are the MRO's functions in reviewing laboratory confirmed non-negative drug test results?

How does the MRO or DER notify an employee of the verification process after receiving laboratory confirmed non-negative drug test results?

Without interviewing the employee, under what circumstances may the MRO verify a test result as positive, or as a refusal to test because of adulteration or substitution, or as cancelled because the test was invalid?

What does the MRO tell the employee at the beginning of the verification interview?

On what basis does the MRO verify test results involving marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, semi-synthetic opioids, or PCP?

On what basis does the MRO verify test results involving 6-acetylmorphine, codeine, and morphine?

How does the MRO obtain information for the verification decision?

§ 40.143 [Reserved]

On what basis does the MRO verify test results involving adulteration or substitution?

§ 40.147 [Reserved]

May the MRO change a verified drug test result?

What are MROs prohibited from doing as part of the verification process?

How does the MRO notify employees of their right to a test of the split specimen?

What does the MRO do when a negative or positive test result is also dilute?

§ 40.157 [Reserved]

What does the MRO do when a drug test result is invalid?

What does the MRO do when a valid test result cannot be produced and a negative result is required?

What does the MRO do when a drug test specimen is rejected for testing?

What must MROs do with multiple verified results for the same testing event?

How does the MRO report drug test results?

To whom does the MRO transmit reports of drug test results?

How are MRO reports of drug results transmitted to the employer?

Where is other information concerning the role of MROs and the verification process found in this regulation?