RA 9165: Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 Flashcards
RA 9165 is known as?
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
What did RA 9165 repeal?
RA 6425
Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972
RA 9165 was amended by?
RA 10640
Refers to the professional who perform the drug testing.
Analyst
Enumerate:
Certified Drug Analysts:
- Medical Technologist
- Chemist
- Chemical Engineer
- Pharmacist
Person who is authorized to collect specimen from the client to secure and prevent alteration of Urine specimen.
Authorized Specimen Collector
Any facility used for the **illegal manufacture **of any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and
essential chemical;
clandestine laboratory
The procedure to account for each specimen by tracking the handling and storage from point of collection to final disposal.
Chain of Custody
The form used to document the procedures from the time of collection until receipt by the laboratory.
Chain of Custody Form
Enumerate:
Most important & most commonly tested dangerous drugs in the screening lab:
- Methamphetamine (shabu)
- Tetrahydrocannabinol (marijuana)
Aside from shabu and marijuana,
what other parameters (dangerous drugs) are tested?
- ecstasy
- opium
- cocaine
What is the NRL for environmental and Occupational Health, Toxicology and Micronutrient assay?
East Avenue Medical Center
A rapid test performed to establish potential/presumptive positive result.
screening test
T/F:
A screening test is a quantitative test
False.
Qualitative
An analytical test using a device, tool or equipment with a different chemical or physical principle that is more specific which will validate and confirm the result of the screening test
confirmatory test
Refers to the body fluid that is collected from a person
specimen
T/F, MANDATORY DRUG TESTING:
Candidates for Public Office
True
What is the policy- and strategy-making body that plans and formulates programs on drug prevention & control?
Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB)
PDEA stands for?
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
Any person who sells, trades, administers, delivers dangerous drugs or who acts as a broker in any of such transactions
Pusher
Enumerate:
Classification of drug testing laboratory based on ownership
- government
- private
enumerate:
Classification of drug testing laboratory based on institutional character
- institutional based
- freestanding
enumerate:
Classification of drug testing laboratory based on service capability
- screening lab
- confirmatory lab
random or mandatory drug test:
officers of the military
mandatory
random or mandatory drug test:
students of secondary or tertiary schools
random
Screening or confirmatory lab:
At least 20 sqm in floor area
screening lab
A confirmatory lab should have at least _ sqm in floor area
60
A Laboratory of whatever category shall have within
its premises an area which can receive or accommodate at least how many clients at a time?
at least 5 clients
Enumerate:
Mandatory Drug Testing
- Applicants for Firearms License
- Officers and members of the military, police and
other law enforcements - Candidates for Public Office
- Persons charged before the prosecutor’s office with criminal charge offense having an impossible penalty of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and 1 day
- Persons apprehended for the violations of this act
Screening or confirmatory lab:
Shall have a full time Medical Technologist, Chemist, Pharmacist, and Chemical Engineer with appropriate training in screening procedures for dangerous drugs
screening lab
screening or confirmatory lab:
Shall have full time Medical Technologist, Chemist, Pharmacist and Chemical Engineer who has completed an extensive appropriate training in chromatography, spectroscopy. The analyst must pass the proficiency test.
confirmatory lab
screening or confirmatory lab:
Shall have a necessary equipment for screening, qualitative and quantitative examination in addition to the basic equipment.
confirmatory lab
What department licenses and accredits drug testing centers?
DOH
Enumerate:
The record of personnel must include:
- resume,
- training and experience,
- certification,
- PRC license,
- incident report (if any)
- and other information,
Enumerate:
minimum required information on the chain of custody
- Information identifying the specimen
- Date and time of the specimen
- Name of the testing laboratory
- Name of the signatures of all individuals who had custody of the samples during the collection process.
If negative, specimens can be stored for a minimum of how many days?
minimum of 5 days
If positive but not challenged, how many days can specimens be stored for?
15 days
Report pertaining to specimens for laboratory report shall be kept by the testing laboratory for a minimum period of _
1 year
Yellow, Green, Black:
Infectious waste such as gauze pad
contaminated with urine specimen
Yellow
Yellow, Green, Black:
food waste
Green
Yellow, Green, Black:
Non-biodegradable waste
Black
Screening or confirmatory lab:
Chromatographs
confirmatory lab
Enumerate:
Who are the signatories in the lab report?
- analyst who performed the test
- head of the laboratory
Screening or confirmatory:
For _ , the test result must be reported as
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.
screening
Screening or confirmatory:
For _ , the test result shall report the
analyte and the concentration.
confirmatory
T/F:
3 copies of the laboratory report must be produced
False.
2 copies only. 1 for the client, 1 for DOH
Who conducts a continuing assessment of proficiency of the Screening and Confirmatory Laboratory.
NRL (RITM)
T/F:
Failure to pass the proficiency test shall result in revocation of license
False.
A second chance is given. Failure to pass the 2nd chance will result
T/F:
Like a pregnancy test result, a negative drug test result is an absence of line
False.
in drug tests:
negative = presence of line;
positive = absence of line
T/F:
A drug test is valid for 1year from the date of issue.
True
Allowance Service Fee:
Private Hospital/Free Standing Laboratory
P300
Allowance Service Fee:
Public Hospital
P250
Enumerate:
Content of LTO
- Name of the owner
- Head of the Laboratory
- Procedures and Specialty
- Validity Report
- Signature of the Bureau or CHD Director
Validity of LTO for confirmatory lab:
2 years
Validity of LTO for screening lab:
1 year
Renewal of LTO shall be filed how many days before the expiration of license?
90 days
T/F:
The bureau or the CHD may conduct a visit on the laboratory unannounced.
True
VIOLATIONS - T/F:
Protecting the confidentiality of a drug test result
False
VIOLATIONS - T/F:
Failure to refer a positive result to a confirmatory laboratory.
True
VIOLATIONS - T/F:
Failure to participate in a proficiency testing
True
