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Reporting Interim or Preliminary Test Result
January 1, 2002
DER/Employer, Medical Review Officer, Third-Party Administrator
Stand-Down Policy/Waiver, Verification Process
May the MRO report an “interim” or “preliminary” test result to the employer (or C/TPA) while awaiting receipt of the MRO copy and/or the laboratory result?
Answer
- No. An MRO must not report tests results until and unless he or she has received all required information from the collection site and laboratory.
- This means the MRO must have Copy 2 or a legible copy of Copy 2 (or any legible copy of a CCF page signed by the employee) and must have the drug test result (sent in the appropriate manners for negatives and non-negatives) from the laboratory.
- An MRO sending “in-progress” negative or non-negative results will be considered to be in violation of Part 40.
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