{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-620.34","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-620.34","heading":"Testing methodology.","body":"(a)\nTesting shall be performed by an outside contractor at a laboratory certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to perform job-related drug and alcohol forensic testing.\n\n(b)\nFor random testing of District employees, the contractor shall, at a location designated by the District to collect urine specimens on-site, split each sample and perform enzyme-multiplied-immunossay technique (“EMIT”) testing on one sample and store the split of that sample. Any positive EMIT test shall be then confirmed by the contractor, using the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (“GCMS”) methodology.\n\n(c)\nAny District employee found to have a confirmed positive urinalysis shall be notified of the result. The employee may then authorize that the stored sample be sent to another HHS-certified laboratory of his or her choice, at his or her expense, for a confirmation, using the GCMS testing method.\n\n(d)\nReasonable suspicion and post-accident employee testing shall follow the same procedures set forth in subsections (a) through (c) of this section. In such cases, the employee shall be escorted by a supervisor to the contractor’s test site for specimen collection or a breathalyser.\n\n(e)\nA breathalyser shall be deemed positive by the District’s testing contractor if the contractor determines that 1 milliliter of the employee’s breath (consisting of substantially alveolar air) contains .38 micrograms or more of alcohol.\n\n(f)\nPrior to testing, a physician must sit down with the employee and ask what medications he or she might have been taking to rule out any false positives in the drug screening results.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 6. Merit Personnel System.","Subchapter XX-C. Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Testing for Certain Employees Who Serve Children."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-620.34","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f28fe9e6c7b952d340f16ec7bf171c23b5c7e191670f74463ab4f819e2792f88","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-620.33","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-620.35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}