Historical textIn force on Oct. 1, 2015Source: annual CFR editions 2001–2016
§ 40.51 What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?
Wording in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2001, superseded May 2, 2023.
Before Jan. 1, 2017 the record is one snapshot per annual CFR edition, revised as of October 1. This is the 2015 edition's wording. An amendment that took effect between Oct. 1, 2015 and Oct. 1, 2015 would not appear until the next edition, so check the citations below and the Federal Register for exact effective dates.
49 CFR § 40.51 — What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?. Text in force on October 1, 2015. This wording effective October 1, 2001 to May 2, 2023. Source: govinfo, 2015 edition, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2015-title49-vol1/CFR-2015-title49-vol1-sec40-51. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/40.51?asof=2015-10-01, 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.
Amendment history
4 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996- [88 FR 27640, May 2, 2023]
- Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 2001annual editions 1996–2000[59 FR 7357, Feb. 15, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 19679, Apr. 20, 1995]
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.