A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that a PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE required to submit to a controlled substance examination whose first screening test produces a positive result may waive a second examination that is intended to confirm the results.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 95‑232(c1) reads as rewritten:
"(c1)	Confirmation test of samples: if a  screening test for a prospective employee produces a positive result, an approved laboratory shall confirm that result by a second examination of the sample utilizing gas chromatography with mass spectrometry or an equivalent scientifically accepted method, unless the examinee signs a written waiver at the time or after they receive the preliminary test result.  All screening tests for current employees that produce a positive result shall be confirmed by a second examination of the sample utilizing gas chromatography with mass spectrometry or an equivalent scientifically accepted method."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.