GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-535
SENATE BILL 643
AN ACT to provide that a PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE required to submit to a controlled substance examination whose first screening test produces a positive result may waive a second examination that is intended to confirm the results.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 95-232(c1) reads as rewritten:
"(c1) Confirmation test of
samples: if a preliminary
screening procedure or other screening test for a prospective
employee produces a positive result, an approved laboratory shall confirm
that result by a second examination of the sample utilizing gas chromatography
with mass spectrometry or an equivalent scientifically accepted method.method,
unless the examinee signs a written waiver at the time or after they receive
the preliminary test result. All screening tests for current employees
that produce a positive result shall be confirmed by a second examination of
the sample utilizing gas chromatography with mass spectrometry or an equivalent
scientifically accepted method."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of August, 2009.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 10:01 a.m. this 28th day of August, 2009