The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
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DRUG TESTING
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 518)
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§ 518. Designated laboratory; rule making authority of the Commissioner
(a) The Department of Health shall designate laboratories to test body fluids or materials
for drugs. Such laboratories must be able to document competency in regard to personnel,
quality assurance programs, methodology and equipment, on site confirmation of positive
screening tests, security, confidentiality, and expert testimony.
(b) A laboratory that fails to comply with the provisions of this subchapter relating
to the confirmation and reporting of test information and the release of confidential
information shall lose its designation under this subsection.
(c) The Commissioner of Health shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 establishing
nontherapeutic levels of therapeutic drugs by establishing a range of values considering
average medical use for each particular drug or metabolite authorized to be tested
under this subchapter. (Added 1987, No. 61.)