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SAMHSA Advisory Committees

SAMHSA Advisory Committees

Drug Testing Advisory Board (DTAB)

The Drug Testing Advisory Board shall advise the Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, based on an ongoing review of the direction, scope, balance, and emphasis of the Agency’s drug testing activities and the drug testing laboratory certification program.

The Board shall review the Agency’s program for national laboratory certification for Federal workplace drug testing programs as required by Public Law 100-71 and as described in the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs.  It shall recommend areas for emphasis or de-emphasis, new or changed directions, and mechanisms or approaches for implementing recommendations.  Periodically, the Board shall review specific science areas on new drugs of abuse and the methods necessary to detect their presence.