OAR 291-042-0015
Urinalysis Testing

(1) AICs shall furnish Department of Corrections staff with a urine sample when ordered to do so. If, after receiving an order to provide a urine sample, the AIC is unable to provide a urine sample, the AIC will be permitted an initial two hours to provide the sample. During this time, staff will place the AIC in an area where the AIC can be observed. The AIC may be offered an eight-ounce container of water after the first half hour and at 30-minute intervals during this initial two-hour period. If an AIC has not provided the required sample within this time period and is not listed on the medical status report as being allowed additional time to produce a sample, staff will proceed in accordance with the department’s rule on Prohibited Conduct and Processing Disciplinary Actions (OAR 291-105).
(2) After the initial two-hour period, AICs listed on the medical status report will be allowed additional time if needed to provide a urine sample. The following will occur:
(a) The AIC will be subject to an unclothed search, be ordered to wash their hands, be provided a jump suit, and be placed in a secure area that is observable by staff and that does not have running water (dry cell).
(b) The AIC will be ordered to urinate only in the sample bottle and to notify staff before urinating, so the collection can be observed.
(c) At the beginning of the second hour in dry cell status, the AIC will be offered eight ounces of water and an additional eight ounces of water every hour until the AIC has been given five eight-ounce containers of water. The AIC may be held in dry cell status until the AIC either refuses to supply or supplies the urine sample. Health Services will be notified when an AIC has been held in dry cell status for 24 hours and has not yet urinated.
(3) If at any time during either of these processes the AIC refuses to supply a urine sample, staff shall proceed in accordance with department’s rule on Prohibited Conduct and Processing Disciplinary Actions (OAR 291-105).
(4) Same gender staff, or the gender approved by the Transgender and Intersex Committee for a specific AIC, should seek to obtain the sample from the AIC in a place and manner that will avoid undue embarrassment to the AIC. Staff shall utilize proper personal protective equipment when taking or processing urine samples.
(5) Before an AIC provides a urine sample, the AIC will be ordered to wash their hands thoroughly with soap, rinse thoroughly, and dry their hands with a towel. When providing the sample, the AIC shall lower all items of clothing to their ankles to afford staff an unobstructed view of the collection process. When collecting samples from female AICs, a disposable sanitary collection cup may be used before transferring the urine into an approved urine bottle.
(6) If the AIC alters, taints, contaminates, or discards a urine sample, staff will proceed in accordance with the department’s rule on Prohibited Conduct and Processing Disciplinary Actions (OAR 291-105). The AIC will not be afforded the opportunity to provide another sample at that time.
(7) After a sufficient sample for urinalysis testing has been obtained (minimum of 30 milliliters), the AIC shall secure a lid on the sample container and rinse the exterior of the container if necessary. Either the staff member or the AIC will place the label on the container while in the presence of each other.
(8) Upon taking custody of the properly labeled container with the AIC’s urine sample, staff shall prepare the sample for delivery to an approved SOA laboratory for testing.
(9) The SOA coordinator shall ensure that the Chain of Custody form is maintained and reflects the following information:
(a) The name and SID number of the AIC from whom the urine sample was obtained;
(b) The date and time the sample was obtained;
(c) The initials of the staff member who collected the sample; and
(d) The date, time, and the initials of the staff member who prepared the sample for transport to the laboratory for testing.
(10) It is the responsibility of the laboratory that performs the testing to maintain a proper chain of custody of the sample.
(11) An AIC whose urine sample tests “positive” for a substance of abuse may be issued a misconduct report in accordance with the department’s rule on Prohibited Conduct and Processing Disciplinary Actions (OAR 291-105).

Source: Rule 291-042-0015 — Urinalysis Testing, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=291-042-0015.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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