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§ 40.45 What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?

Current wording, effective June 1, 2023.

eCFR (current) ↗
49 CFR § 40.45 — What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?. Text current through October 15, 2026. This wording effective June 1, 2023 to present. Source: eCFR (current), https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-40.45. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/40.45, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, you must use a shipping container that adequately protects the specimen bottles from shipment damage in the transport of specimens from the collection site to the laboratory.

(b) You are not required to use a shipping container if a laboratory courier hand-delivers the specimens from the collection site to the laboratory.

[65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000. Redesignated at 88 FR 27639, May 2, 2023]

Amendment history

9 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 2001
  1. June 1, 2023 → presenteCFR, day-precisediff vs. previousviewing
    [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000. Redesignated at 88 FR 27639, May 2, 2023]
  2. May 2, 2023 → June 1, 2023eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41950, Aug. 9, 2001; 75 FR 59107, Sept. 27, 2010; 76 FR 59577, Sept. 27, 2011; 80 FR 19553, Apr. 13, 2015; 82 FR 52244, Nov. 13, 2017]
  3. Jan. 1, 2018 → May 2, 2023eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41950, Aug. 9, 2001; 75 FR 59107, Sept. 27, 2010; 76 FR 59577, Sept. 27, 2011; 80 FR 19553, Apr. 13, 2015; 82 FR 52244, Nov. 13, 2017]
  4. Nov. 13, 2017 → Jan. 1, 2018eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41950, Aug. 9, 2001; 75 FR 59107, Sept. 27, 2010; 76 FR 59577, Sept. 27, 2011; 80 FR 19553, Apr. 13, 2015]
  5. Oct. 1, 2015 → Nov. 13, 2017annual editions 2015–2016diff vs. previous
    [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41950, Aug. 9, 2001; 75 FR 59107, Sept. 27, 2010; 76 FR 59577, Sept. 27, 2011; 80 FR 19553, Apr. 13, 2015]
  6. Oct. 1, 2011 → Oct. 1, 2015annual editions 2011–2014diff vs. previous
    [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41950, Aug. 9, 2001; 75 FR 59107, Sept. 27, 2010; 76 FR 59577, Sept. 27, 2011]
  7. Oct. 1, 2010 → Oct. 1, 2011annual edition 2010diff vs. previous
    [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41950, Aug. 9, 2001; 75 FR 59107, Sept. 27, 2010]
  8. Oct. 1, 2002 → Oct. 1, 2010annual editions 2002–2009diff vs. previous
    [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41950, Aug. 9, 2001]
  9. Oct. 1, 2001 → Oct. 1, 2002annual edition 2001
    [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 41950, Aug. 9, 2001]

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section. Set a case date in the header to read any earlier wording.