OAR 291-042-0010
Definitions

(1) Adult in Custody (AIC): Any person under supervision of the Department of Corrections, who is not on parole, post-prison supervision, or probation status.
(2) Assistant Inspector General: The department employee who oversees drug interdiction efforts and supervision of substance of abuse urinalysis testing.
(3) Chain of custody: The handling of specimens in a way which supports legal testimony to prove that the sample integrity and identification of the sample have not been violated, as well as the documentation describing these procedures from specimen collection to final report.
(4) Confirmatory test: A highly specific test to identify a substance of abuse or metabolite after a positive screening, based on a different analytical method than that of the initial screening test, at or below the cutoff concentration used for the screening test.
(5) Medical status report: A report that lists the names of AICs who, due to a documented medical condition, may need additional time or medical assistance besides the initial two-hour time period to provide a urine sample.
(6) Screening: Performing initial tests designed to separate substances of abuse at a particular minimum concentration from those below that minimum concentration (positive versus negative).
(7) Substance of Abuse (SOA): Ethanol, or other intoxicants (including marijuana) and controlled substances, except those used as allowed by law and as defined in ORS Chapter 475 (Controlled Substances) or as used in ORS 689.005 (Definitions).
(8) Substance of Abuse (SOA) Coordinator: An individual appointed by the functional unit manager who is responsible for all aspects of substance of abuse testing in the facility.
(9) “Substance of abuse laboratory” or “SOA laboratory”: A facility where initial biochemical examinations are performed on a specimen for the purpose of screening for the detection of substances of abuse for medical purposes or non-medical purposes by automated methods. This includes licensed clinical laboratories screening for substances of abuse.

Source: Rule 291-042-0010 — Definitions, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=291-042-0010.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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