28 CFR § 550.41 - Urine surveillance.

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title: "28 CFR § 550.41 - Urine surveillance."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "550.41"
section_name: "Urine surveillance."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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subchapter_name: "INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "550"
part_name: "DRUG PROGRAMS"
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# 550.41 Urine surveillance.

A program of urine testing for drug use shall be established in contract CTCs.

(a) Urine surveillance shall be conducted on all inmates serving their sentence in a contract CTC:

(1) Who have drug aftercare as a condition of release;

(2) Who have a known history of drug abuse; or

(3) Who are suspected of using drugs.

Center staff shall collect a minimum of six samples per month from an inmate who meets one or more of the criteria listed in paragraphs (a) (1) through (3) of this section.

(b) The Center Director shall establish a schedule for random collection for all other sentenced inmates not identified in paragraph (a) of this section.