Resident For-Cause Drug Testing Procedure 

Authorization Form 

1. The program director or department chair should consult UAMS policy 3.1.14 found at www.uams.edu/AdminGuide/win03114.html, and GME Committee policy 2.300.00, found at www.uams.edu/gme/2.300html. The UAMS policy states that the department head has authority to direct a for cause drug screen. In the case of a resident, this person is the department chair, the service chief or another senior faculty member who acts as the designee (e.g. training program director).

2. Normally, requests for "for cause" drug screens shall be made by the department head or his/her designee (UAMS policy 3.1.14).

3. The department chair or the program director may contact the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at 686-2588 (24-hour answering service) for questions or assistance.

4. It is the responsibility of the program director to ensure that a member of the Medical Staff Health Committee is notified by calling during or immediately after arranging the for cause testing. The Medical Staff  Health Committee can assist program directors with advice about further evaluation, treatment, advocacy and relevant other policies.

5. Residency/Fellowship programs based at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH): The department chair or program director should contact the ACH PHC liaison, Dr. Chris Smith (O 364-2831, b 405-4510), the ACH Medical Director’s office, Dr. Bonnie Taylor (o 364-1401, b 395-0204) or the Chair of the ACH PHC JDr. oanne Seibert (o 364-4914 home 225-5002).  Click here for the ACH Policy to be followed for completing drug testing at ACH.

6. Residency/Fellowship  programs not based at ACH: The department chair or program director should follow the procedure.

    1. The program director completes the attached Authorization Form for drug testing and faxes it to both the Office of Human Resources and the AML Lab. Instructions and numbers are on the form.
    2. The AML 10 panel includes: amphetamine & methamphetamine, barbituates, benzodiazepines, cocaine metabolites, methadone, methaqualone, opiates- codeine & morphine, propoxyphene, PCP, THC. If there is reason to believe the testing should be done for other substances, list those in the space noted "other". Alcohol is a separate screen. Order a "split sample".
    3. The resident must be escorted by campus police or a faculty member to the AML/Baptist Rehabilitation Institute Medical Towers II lab during working hours or Baptist Medical Center lab after hours. The resident must supply a photo ID to the lab (driver’s license or hospital ID badge).

UAMS Medical Staff Health Committee Members: 

Bob Bishop, Gen. Counsel  686-5699

Leigh Ann Bennett, MD 686-5803

David Cheng, MD  686-8728

Jeanne Heard, MD  296-1159

Robert Lavender, MD  686-5236

Forrest "Bernie" Miller, MD  562-4838

Margaret Morgan-Cohen 686-2588

James A. Waldron, MD  (Chair) 686-5603

Kent Westbrook, MD  686-6502

Danny Wilkerson, MD 686-6667