Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-12.11 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Reporting requirements to department
Pursuant to Iowa Code section 730.5(16), approved confirmatory laboratories shall file a report with the department by March 1 of each year. The report shall include the number of positive and negative drug or alcohol test results for the previous calendar year for the following if available to the laboratory:
1. Employees who work in non-safety-sensitive
positions,
2. Employees who work in
safety-sensitive positions,
3.
Employees during and after completion of drug or alcohol
rehabilitation,
4. Employees as a
consequence of reasonable suspicion drug or alcohol testing,
5. Prospective employees,
6. As a consequence of federal law or
regulation, or by law enforcement,
7. As a consequence of accident investigation
in the workplace,
8. The types of
drugs that were found in the positive drug tests,
9. All significant available demographic
factors relating to the positive test pool, and
10. Total number of positive and negative
drug or alcohol test results for the previous calendar year for all employees
and prospective employees who were tested.
Notes
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(1) Each report shall identify the alcohol or other drugs, or their metabolites, being tested with the results of positive/negative or detected/nondetected clearly recorded.
(2) Approved confirmatory laboratories shall have available a written summary of the established sensitivity levels used for the confirmatory tests conducted for alcohol or other drugs, or their metabolites. However, this information need not be issued with each report.
(3) Approved confirmatory laboratories shall have written procedures for making both written and telephone reports to the medical review officer
(4) All test results must be reviewed and signed by the laboratory director , or a qualified designee, before being reported to the medical review officer .