18Action to be taken with respect to urine samples

18 Action to be taken with respect to urine samples

18 Action to be taken with respect to urine samples

(1) If an authorised person requires a rail safety worker to provide a sample of urine, the sample must be collected in accordance with AS/NZS 4308:2023, section 2.

(2) The authorised person who required the worker to provide a sample must arrange for the sample to be submitted for urine screening testing.

(3) Urine screening testing may be carried out—

(a) at the place where the sample was taken, using an on-site urine screening device, or

(b) by an analyst at an approved laboratory, in accordance with AS/NZS 4308:2023, section 5.

(4) A sample that is submitted for urine screening testing or confirmatory testing at an approved laboratory is to be transported in accordance with AS/NZS 4308:2023, section 2.

(5) If urine screening testing of the sample indicates that the urine contains a drug or drugs—

(a) in the case of a urine screening test conducted in accordance with subclause (3)(a)—the authorised person who required the worker to provide the sample must arrange for the sample to be submitted to an analyst at an approved laboratory for confirmatory testing in accordance with clause 19, or

(b) in the case of a urine screening test conducted in accordance with subclause (3)(b)—the analyst or another analyst at an approved laboratory is to conduct confirmatory testing in accordance with clause 19.

(6) If confirmatory testing determines that a urine sample contains a drug or drugs, the person from whom the sample was taken may, within 3 months after the taking of the sample, apply to the laboratory at which the sample is being kept for a portion of the sample to be sent for analysis, at the person’s own expense, to an approved laboratory nominated by the person.

(7) Samples are to be stored in accordance with AS/NZS 4308:2023, section 4.

(8) In this clause—

on-site urine screening device means a device that determines the presence or absence of drugs in urine using an immunoassay technique that meets the screening test cut-off levels listed in AS/NZS 4308:2023, table 3.1.

cl 18: Am 2025 (557), Sch 1[6]–[9].