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Current HHS-Certified Drug Testing Laboratories and Facilities for Federal Agencies

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Low Impact·View source ↗

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This notice updates the public list of laboratories and initial testing facilities certified by HHS to conduct urine and oral fluid drug testing for federal workplace programs. Federal agencies, contractors, and testing program administrators should use the current list to confirm that drug testing is handled by approved facilities. Labs or facilities that lose certification, have it suspended, or withdraw from the program are removed from future monthly lists.

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Key Changes

  • Updates the monthly list of HHS-certified laboratories and initial testing facilities for federal workplace drug testing
  • Covers certified urine testing facilities and certified oral fluid testing laboratories
  • Explains that suspended, revoked, or withdrawn facilities will be removed from later monthly lists

Obligations

What this law requires

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HHS must publish a monthly Federal Register notice listing all laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities currently certified under the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs using urine, and all laboratories certified under the Mandatory Guidelines using oral fluid.

Department of Health and Human ServicesSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Monthly
disclosure
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A laboratory or Instrumented Initial Testing Facility whose certification is suspended or revoked must be omitted from subsequent HHS-certified facility lists until its full certification is restored under the Mandatory Guidelines.

HHS-certified laboratoriesInstrumented Initial Testing Facilities
licensing
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A laboratory or Instrumented Initial Testing Facility that withdraws from the HHS National Laboratory Certification Program during the past month must be listed at the end of the current monthly notice and omitted from future monthly listings.

Department of Health and Human ServicesSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Current monthly notice following withdrawal
disclosure

Affected Parties

Federal agencies running workplace drug testing programsHHS-certified drug testing laboratories and initial testing facilities+1 more…

Tags

drug testing,federal workplace,HHS certification