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| Parole agency changes drug-test policies |
| By Arkansas Democrat Gazette |
| Published: 08/22/2008 |
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ARKANSAS - Any drug test that results in a referral to substance abuse treatment for a probationer or parolee must come from a “legally certified, independent laboratory,” according to policy changes adopted last week by the Arkansas Department of Community Correction. The Community Correction Department is holding training sessions for probation and parole officers across the state this week on new drug-testing policies designed to resolve a dispute over whether such tests require federal certification. The changes were made in response to an order from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services directing the state to apply for certification or stop testing its 49, 000 probationers and parolees for drug use. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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