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DOT Regulations - 49 CFR Part 40
Subpart D - Collection Sites, Forms, Equipment and Supplies Used in DOT Urine and Oral Fluid Collections

§ 40.45 What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?

Updated December 18, 2025 16:56

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, you must use a shipping container that adequately protects the specimen bottles from shipment damage in the transport of specimens from the collection site to the laboratory.

(b) You are not required to use a shipping container if a laboratory courier hand-delivers the specimens from the collection site to the laboratory.

[65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000. Redesignated at 88 FR 27639, May 2, 2023]

This information was copied from a federal government resource. Always verify the accuracy of this information against the most recent version of the Code of Federal Regulations: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-A/part-40 or the Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance: https://www.transportation.gov/odapc.

Articles in this section

§ 40.40 What form is used to document a DOT collection?
§ 40.41 May employers use the CCF for non-Federal collections or non-Federal forms for DOT collections?
§ 40.42 Where does a urine collection for a DOT drug test take place?
§ 40.43 What steps must operators of collection sites and collectors take to protect the security and integrity of urine collections?
Section 40.43 Questions and Answers
§ 40.44 What materials are used to collect urine specimens?
§ 40.45 What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?
Section 40.45 Questions and Answers
§ 40.47 Where does an oral fluid collection for a DOT drug test take place?
§ 40.48 What steps must operators of collection sites and collectors take to protect the security and integrity of oral fluid collections?