Okla. Admin. Code § 310:638-1-7.1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 310:638-1-7.1 - Hair cutoff levels for drug confirmation testing and procedures

(a) All specimens identified as positive on the initial test shall be confirmed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS), mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (MS/MS), or an equivalent accepted method of equal or greater accuracy as approved by the Commissioner of Health, at the following cutoff levels for these drugs or their metabolites. All confirmations shall be by quantitative analysis. Concentrations which exceed the linear region of the standard curve shall be documented in the testing facility record as "greater than the highest standard curve value."

(1) marijuana metabolites: 1 pg/10 mg of hair (Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid);

(2) cocaine: must be at or above 5 ng/10 mg of hair and/or metabolites as follows:

(A) benzoylecgonine at 1 ng/10 mg of hair;

(B) cocaethlylene at 1 ng/10 mg of hair;

(3) opiate and metabolites: 5 ng/10 mg of hair; opiate and metabolites include the following:

(A) codeine;

(B) 6-monoacetylmorphine (heroin metabolite);

(C) morphine;

(4) phencyclidine: 3 ng/10 mg of hair;

(5) amphetamines: 5 ng/10 mg of hair; amphetamines include the following:

(A) amphetamines.

(B) methamphetamines.

(b) These test levels are subject to change by the Department as advances in technology or other considerations warrant identification of these substances at other concentrations.

(c) All hair specimens undergoing confirmation shall be decontaminated using an approved wash procedure which has been published in the peer reviewed literature which at least, has an initial fifteen (15) minute organic solvent wash followed by multiple (at least three) thirty (30) minute aqueous washes and one final one hour aqueous wash.

(d) After hair is washed, the drug entrapped in the hair shall be released either by digestion (chemical or enzymatic) or by multiple solvent extractions. The resulting digest or pooled solvent extracts shall then be confirmed by approved methods.

(e) All confirmation analysis methods must eliminate the melanin fraction of the hair before analysis. If a non-digestion method is used, the laboratory must present published data in the peer reviewed literature from a large population study which indicates that their method of extraction does not possess a statistically significant hair color bias.

(f) Additional hair samples may be collected to reconfirm the initial report. The recollected sample shall be retested as specified, however, the confirmation analysis shall be performed even if the screening test is negative. A second positive report shall be made if the drug concentration in the digest by confirmation methods exceeds the limit of quantitation of the testing laboratory's method. A second test shall be offered to anyone disputing a positive hair test result.

(g) To assist the Review Officer in the interpretation of results, officers may order sectioning of a hair sample (e.g. segmenting hair into 0.5 inches sections, which is about one months growth, each analyzed separately). The sectioning may occur on the original and any subsequent sample submitted for testing.

Okla. Admin. Code § 310:638-1-7.1

Added at 17 Ok Reg 381, eff 11-1-99 (emergency); Added at 17 Ok Reg 2045, eff 6-12-00; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 3592, eff 8-22-01 (emergency); Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1050, eff 5-13-02