Sec. 10.10.10.02. Scope

A. This chapter provides the standards and procedures that employers, employees, and the Secretary shall meet when job applicants and employees are required to undergo job-related alcohol and controlled dangerous substances testing.

B. This chapter does not apply to:

(1) A person who is subject to federal or State commercial motor vehicle statutes or regulations concerning alcohol and controlled dangerous substances testing, to the extent that those statutes or regulations conflict with the requirements of this chapter;

(2) An agency of the federal government;

(3) Alcohol or controlled dangerous substances testing of an individual under arrest or held by a law enforcement or correctional agency;

(4) Alcohol testing conducted by a law enforcement or correctional agency on breath-testing equipment certified by the State toxicologist; or

(5) Controlled dangerous substances testing by a laboratory facility of a law enforcement or correctional agency that maintains laboratory testing standards comparable to the standards in Health-General Article, §17-214, Annotated Code of Maryland.