CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 99.155 Taking samples

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 99.155

  (1)   For the purposes of obtaining a body sample for drug testing, an approved tester may require a donor to do any or all of the following:

  (a)   swallow or otherwise remove substances from his or her mouth;

  (b)   demonstrate to the tester that the donor's mouth is free from foreign substances;

  (c)   in the tester's presence, rehydrate by drinking up to 300 ml of water within 15 minutes of being required to do so by the tester.

  (2)   If the approved tester has required the donor to drink water, the tester:

  (a)   must not take the body sample sooner than the period of 10 minutes after the donor finishes drinking; and

  (b)   must take the body sample as soon as practicable after the end of the period referred to in paragraph   (a).

  (3)   For the purposes of obtaining the body sample, the approved tester may require the donor to:

  (a)   abstain from smoking, eating, drinking or chewing for 10 minutes prior to the taking of sample; and

  (b)   remain in the tester's presence for that period.