1. (a) The county office will:

   1. (1) Store the drug screen kits at room temperature (do not leave drug screen kits in vehicles for storage purposes as this will impair the effectiveness of the drug kits);
   2. (2) Maintain an adequate supply of drug screening materials, to include copies of drug screening information, at all times;
   3. (3) Monitor closely the specimen collection supplies (county office supply stock will not fall below fifteen (15) kits);
   4. (4) Drug screen kits past their expiration dates will not be used and will be disposed of immediately (expiration date will be clearly marked on each drug screen kit);
   5. (5) Use new supplies only after current supplies are depleted;
   6. (6) If the county has several kits nearing expiration, order new drug and/or alcohol screen kits as well as challenge kits directly from the Division of Children and Family Services-approved vendor and copy the Prevention and Support Unit on the order request; and
   7. (7) Address questions pertaining to chain-of-custody-challenged screening to the Central Office Prevention and Support Unit.

2. (b) The Central Office Prevention and Support Unit will:

   1. (1) Ensure funds are available for all drug and alcohol screen kit orders and challenge kit orders;
   2. (2) Email the division-approved vendor to inform them whether to move forward with county order request (based on availability of funds) and copy county point of contact on the email;
   3. (3) Respond to the county office regarding questions related to the division-approved drug screen and challenge kits; and
   4. (4) Serve as a liaison between the county office and the division-approved drug screen vendor as necessary.

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