Subpart G - W1 Medical Review Officers and the Verification Process

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If you are a __________ ____________in any U.S., Canadian, or Mexican jurisdiction and meet the other requirements of this section, you are authorized to perform MRO services with respect to all covered employees, wherever they are located.
licensed physician
You must be knowledgeable and have _______ experience in controlled substances abuse disorders, including detailed knowledge of alternative medical explanations for laboratory confirmed drug test results.
clinical
You must be knowledgeable about issues relating to adulterated and substituted specimens as well as the possible medical causes of specimens having an _______ result.
invalid
You must be knowledgeable about the DOT MRO _________, and the DOT agency regulations applicable to the employers for whom you evaluate drug test results, and you must keep current on any changes to these materials.
Guidelines
Following your completion of qualification training, you must satisfactorily complete an ___________ administered by a nationally-recognized MRO certification board or subspecialty board for medical practitioners in the field of medical review of DOT-mandated drug tests.
examination
During each___________ period from the date on which you satisfactorily completed the examination, you must complete requalification training.
five-year
As an MRO, you are acting as an independent and impartial “_______” and advocate for the accuracy and integrity of the drug testing process.
gatekeeper
Providing a quality assurance review of the drug testing process for the specimens under your purview includes, but is not limited to ensuring the review of the CCF on all specimen collections for the purposes of determining whether there is a problem that may cause a test to be __________.
canceled
Providing a quality assurance review of the drug testing process for the specimens under your purview includes, but is not limited to ensuring the review of the CCF on all specimen collections for the purposes of determining whether there is a problem may cause a test to be __________.
canceled
You must determine whether there is a _____________ ____________ explanation for confirmed positive, adulterated, substituted, and invalid drug tests results from the laboratory.
legitimate medical
While you provide medical review of employees' test results, this does not deem that you have established a ______________ relationship with the employees whose tests you review.
doctor-patient
You must act to _______ and correct problems where possible and notify appropriate parties.
investigate
You must ensure the timely flow of test results and other information to _________.
employers
You must protect the _________ of the drug testing information.
confidentiality
You must perform all your functions in compliance and other ______ agency regulations.
DOT