CHAPTER 443

H.P. 944 - L.D. 1361

An Act To Refine and Study Substance Abuse Testing

Procedures and Treatment

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §683, sub-§5-A, śC is enacted to read:

C.__A person who performs a point of collection screening test or a confirmation test may release the results of that test only as follows.

(1)__For a point of collection screening test that results in a preliminary positive or negative test result, the person performing the test shall release the test result to the employee who is the subject of the test immediately.

(2)__For a point of collection screening test that results in a preliminary positive test result, the person performing the test may not release the test result to the employer until after the result of the confirmation test has been determined.

(3)__For a point of collection screening test that results in a preliminary negative test result, the person performing the test may not release the test result to the employer until after the result of a confirmation test would have been determined if one had been performed.

(4)__For a confirmation test, the person performing the test shall release the result immediately to the