Evidentiary certificate—sample taker
41 Evidentiary certificate—sample taker
A sample taker may give a signed certificate stating that—
the sample taker is a doctor or nurse; and
the sample taker attended a named rail safety worker at a stated hospital or sampling facility, on a stated day and at a stated time; and
either—
the sample taker was told by an authorised person that the authorised person intended to require the worker to submit to an oral fluid analysis or blood test under the Rail Safety National Law (ACT), section 127 (Authorised person may require drug screening test, oral fluid analysis, urine test and blood test); or
if the worker has been taken into custody under section 26 (Detention for blood test)—a police officer has asked the sample taker to take a sample of the worker’s blood; and
the sample taker took the required sample from the worker; and
the sample taker placed the sample into a container; and
the sample taker attached a label to the container that contained the following information:
the sample taker’s name;
the worker’s name;
the date and time the sample was taken; and
the sample taker sealed the container with a tamper-evident seal that had a stated unique identifying number marked on it; and
the sample taker put the sealed container into a one-way box; and
whether the sample taker was of the opinion, at the time the sample taker was told, that complying with the requirement would, or would not, be detrimental to the worker’s medical condition.
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