A job applicant or employee will receive written notification of a positive confirmation test results from the collection site within five working days. With a positive confirmation test result the applicant or employment will have the opportunity within five working days to explain or contest the results. If the explanation or challenge of the postive test result is judged unsatisfactory by the lab, the job applicant or employee will be provided with a written explanation as to why the positive test result was unsatisfactory, within fifteen working days. If the test was for reasonable suspicion, the employee will receive in writing within seven days after the test.

During the 180-day period after written notification of a postive test results, the employee who provided the specimen should be permitted by the employer to have a portion of the specimen re-tested at the employee's expense. Such re-testing will be done at another SAMHSA cerified labortory, as appropriate, chosen by the employee or job applicant. All documentation will be kept confidential and retained by the company for at least one year. Should the job applicant or employee then choose to further pursue the challenge it will then be the employee's responsibility to notify the laboratory to retain the sample until the case is settled.