5.—(1) A urine specimen provided for the purpose of a urine test under a lawful order or a general order must be divided into 3 parts, each of which must be marked and sealed according to the procedures set out in the First Schedule.
(2) One part of the urine specimen must be delivered to an authorised clinical laboratory, and the remaining 2 parts of that specimen must be delivered to the Authority, according to the procedures set out in the Second Schedule.
(3) A preliminary urine test shall be conducted, on the part of the urine specimen delivered to an authorised clinical laboratory, by a medical technician employed by the authorised clinical laboratory.
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(4) If the part of the urine specimen referred to in paragraph (3) is found to be negative for controlled drugs, the remaining 2 parts of that specimen may be tested for controlled drugs, or discarded.
(5) If the part of the urine specimen referred to in paragraph (3) is found to be positive for any controlled drug, a second urine test must be conducted on each of the remaining 2 parts of that specimen.
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(6) Only one of the following persons (each called in this regulation an authorised person) may conduct a urine test on any of the remaining 2 parts of the urine specimen mentioned in paragraphs (4) and (5):
(a)
an analyst employed by the Authority;
(b)
a person appointed under section 16(a)(ii) of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185);
(c)
a Singapore Armed Forces pharmacist or chemist;
(d)
a person mentioned in section 99(1)(a)(iv) of the Act.
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(7) Where urine tests are to be conducted on the remaining 2 parts of the urine specimen mentioned in paragraphs (4) and (5), the Chief Executive of the Authority must arrange for the test on each part to be conducted by a different authorised person.
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(8) After a urine test has been conducted on any of the remaining 2 parts of the urine specimen referred to in paragraphs (4) and (5), a certificate stating the result of that test must be produced and signed by an authorised person, and that certificate must be sent to the Special Investigation Branch of the Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command.
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(9) The authorised person mentioned in paragraph (8) may sign the certificate mentioned in that paragraph despite the authorised person not having personally conducted the test of that urine specimen, as long as the test of that urine specimen was conducted by another person acting under the direction of the authorised person.
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(10) Where, for the purpose of compliance with a lawful order or a general order, the volume of a subject’s urine specimen collected in a master bottle is less than 90 ml, the urine specimen may be collected from the subject over different occasions, but only according to the procedures set out in the First Schedule.