The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an updated list of laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITFs) certified to comply with federal drug testing standards for urine and oral fluid samples. Currently, there are no certified laboratories for oral fluid testing, and the list includes details of facilities certified for urine testing. For a lab to be certified, it must undergo stringent performance tests and inspections, and HHS releases these updates in the Federal Register monthly. Additionally, it mentions that Quest Diagnostics in Tucker, GA, is voluntarily withdrawing from the certification program as of March 15, 2021.
Simple Explanation
The people in charge of health rules have a list of places that check if people have been using bad drugs. Right now, they only have places that check pee, but not spit, because no places are ready for that yet.