The Division of Children and Family Services employee will:

1. (1) Refer to vendor information for screen (e.g., K2 strip, ALCO screen) collection procedures and interpreting results;
2. (2) Under normal circumstances, limit the entire screening process to fifteen (15) minutes;
3. (3) Verbally share and explain the drug screen results to the client;
4. (4) Document the results via CFS-150: Drug and Alcohol Screen Results Form and gather all required signatures on the CFS-150: Drug and Alcohol Screen Results Form;

5. (5) If the specimen screening results are positive and the client challenges the result:

   1. (A)

      1. (i) Prepare the oral fluids specimen for laboratory confirmation, if applicable, for that specific screen.

      2. (ii)

         1. (a) (a) Do not dispose of an oral fluids specimen that needs to be sent to the screening laboratory for confirmation testing.
         2. (b) (b) Send the specimen to the lab per the vendor’s instructions.
      3. (c) (c) Access lab confirmation results (see Area Financial Coordinator for more information).
      4. (d)
6. (1) (d)(1) If challenge results are contested, documentation of the chain of custody of specimen shall be verified by affidavit of one (1) person witnessing the procedure or extraction, packaging, and mailing of the samples and by one (1) person signing for the samples at the location where the samples are subject to the testing procedure.
7. (2) (2) Submission of the affidavits, along with the submission of the screening results, shall be competent evidence to establish the chain of custody.
8. (3) (3) For a court ordered screening, a written report of the results may be prepared by the person conducting the screening, or by a person under whose supervision or direction the screen and analysis have been performed.
9. (4) (4) This report must be certified by an affidavit subscribed and sworn to before a notary public.

10. (5) (5) This report may be introduced in evidence without calling the person as a witness, unless a motion challenging the screening procedures or results has been filed within thirty (30) days before the hearing and bond is posted in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of the person's appearance to testify; and

    1. (B) If the oral fluid specimen is not able to have a laboratory confirmation and the client still wishes to challenge the result, immediately accompany the client to a qualified agency for confirmation testing provided the qualified agency will give results in writing to the division; and

11. (6) If the client does not challenge the results of the screening:

    1. (A) Return oral fluids screening kit to the client after the specimen has been tested and results documented;
    2. (B) Ask client to discard the kit in the designated trash container; and
    3. (C) Observe client throwing away kit in designated trash container.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "10/2014"