Attorneys – you may have clients that need a drug or alcohol test to insure they are clean and sober – we can help you with that. We offer fixed facility drug testing at our locations in Maine, and we can also come to your office or to your clients’ location – we travel. Our firm is also available for DNA Paternity testing again either at our office or mobile service at your office or your clients’ location. Your clients need to know the legal paternity of the child.
Testing for drugs and or alcohol can be performed with urine, oral fluid or hair testing specimens – along with breath alcohol testing and ETG testing for alcohol which measures zero tolerance going back 80 hours. Our testing is done by laboratories certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the specimen collections performed by Certified Professional Collectors. Immediate drug testing service is available.
The Maine Department of Lab maintains a web page to assist employers with drug testing – Substance Abuse Testing Law
Maine employers need to have a strongly written substance abuse/testing policy in place. Maine employers that have taken the time to construct a written policy with proper testing procedures tend to be successful with deterring potential legal issues as well as resolving them if they arise. In Maine, before establishing any substance abuse testing program for employees, an employer with over 20 full-time employees must have a functioning employee assistance program. A written drug free workplace policy is required in Maine.
Certified laboratories must be used for drug testing in Maine. A testing laboratory shall perform a screening test on each sample submitted by the employer for only those substances of abuse that the employer requests to be identified. If a screening test result is negative, no further test may be conducted on that sample. If a screening test result is positive, a confirmation test shall be performed on that sample. A testing laboratory shall retain all confirmed positive samples for one year in a manner that will inhibit deterioration of the samples and allow subsequent retesting.
Random drug testing should be limited to safety sensitive positions. Random drug testing in Maine for safety sensitive employees is a deterrent to drug use and can identify substance abusers. An effective random drug testing program will lead to a safer workplace.
Maine employers need to be careful about terminating an employee for a first time positive drug test. An employer may not discharge an employee for a first-time positive unless he refuses to participate in or he fails to successfully complete treatment; must allow 6 months for treatment. Employees may be suspended with pay while awaiting the result of a drug test.
In Maine, employers many deny workers compensation benefits and unemployment benefits based on a positive drug or alcohol test. Workers compensation benefits are not allowed if at the time of the accident the employee was intoxicated.
Point of Collection Testing (POCT) is allowed in Maine. In Maine, the substances that can be tested are determined by the Department of Health and Human Services, as are the screening and concentration levels at which they can be tested. The table below summarizes the screening and confirmation concentrations of the testable substances.
Substance | Screening Concentration | Confirmation Concentration |
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Alcohol | 0.02 g/100 ml | 0.02 g/100ml |
Amphetamine/Methamphetamine MDMA | 500 ng/ml | 250 ng/ml |
Barbiturates | 300 ng/ml | 300 ng/ml |
Benzodiazepines | 300 ng/ml | 200 ng/ml |
Cannabinoids | 50 ng/ml | 15 ng/ml |
Cocaine and/or Metabolites | 150 ng/ml | 100 ng/ml |
Methadone | 300 ng/ml | 300 ng/ml |
Methaqualone | 300 ng/ml | 300 ng/ml |
Opiates (Morphine, Codeine) | 2000 ng/ml | 2000 ng/ml |
6-acetyl morphine (only if morphine > 2000) | Special | 10 ng/ml |
Phencyclidine | 25 ng/ml | 25 ng/ml |
MDH | – | 250 ng/ml |
MDEA | – | 250 ng/ml |
Maine permits the use of medical marijuana, an eligible patient is not permitted to use in a public place or in a workplace where such use is not permitted. Workplace use is not permitted: The Statute states: “This chapter may not be construed to require: … An employer to accommodate the ingestion of marijuana in any workplace or any employee working while under the influence of marijuana.”
Do you need a drug test today in Maine? Where can you get a drug test in Maine? Do you need a drug test today in Maine? National Drug Screening operates drug testing facilities in Auburn, ME, Augusta, ME, Bangor, ME, Bath, ME, Biddeford, Portland, ME, Lewiston, ME, and many other Maine cities. If you need hair testing today, call now. Alcohol testing with EtG is also available for zero tolerance alcohol testing.
Testing locations in Maine
Central Maine Conditioning Clinic Auburn
30 Belgrade Ave Ste A
Auburn , Maine 4210
Central Maine Partners In Health Auburn
690 Minot Ave
Auburn , Maine 4210
Concentra Medical Center AUGUSTA
219 CAPITAL STREET SUITE 2
AUGUSTA , Maine 4330
Workplace Health Augusta
15 Enterprise Drive
Augusta , Maine 4330
Workplace Health Augusta
10 Caldwell Rd
Augusta , Maine 4330
St. Mary’s Health System Aurburn
15 Gracelawn Road
Aurburn , Maine 4210
Concentra Medical Center Bangor
34 Gilman Rd
Bangor , Maine 4401
HealthWorks Occupational & Sports Med Bangor
133 Corporate Dr Ste 4
Bangor , Maine 4401
Mount Desert Island Health Centers Bar Harbor
10 Wayman Lane
Bar Harbor , Maine 4609
Waldo County General Hospital Lab Belfast
118 Northport Ave
Belfast , Maine 4915
WorkWell @ Southern Maine Medical Ctr Biddeford
1 Medical Center Dr
Biddeford , Maine 4005
Concentra Medical Center Bridgton
10 Hospital Dr
Bridgton , Maine 4009
Calais Regional Hospital Lab Calais
24 HOSPITAL LANE
Calais , Maine 4619
Pines Health Services Caribou
Po Box 40
Caribou , Maine 4736
St. Andrews Occup.Health Edgecombe
24B Route 1
Edgecombe , Maine 4556
MedNow Clinic-Ellsworth-Garfield, Jane Ellsworth
226 High Street
Ellsworth , Maine 4605
MedNow-Jane W. Garfield Ellsworth
5 Long Lane
Ellsworth , Maine 4605
Primary Health ELLSWORTH
34 DOWNEAST HWY
ELLSWORTH , Maine 4605
Goodall Occupational Health Kennebunk
2 Livewell Drive
Kennebunk , Maine 4043
Concentra Medical Centers Lewiston
59 East Ave
Lewiston , Maine 4240
Penobscot Valley Hospital Lincoln
Transalpine Rd.
Lincoln , Maine 4457
Northern New England Diagnostics
25 Bowdoin Street
Manchester , Maine 04351
Newport Family Practice Newport
26 Main St Ste 2
Newport , Maine 4953
Concentra Medical Center Norway
29 Winter St
Norway , Maine 4268
Orono Med Center Orono
303 Main St
Orono , Maine 4473
Bayside Employee Health Center Portland
50 Sewall St Ste 301
Portland , Maine 4102
Concentra Medical Center Portland
1600 Congress St
Portland , Maine 4102
Aroostool Medical Center Presque Isle
140 Academy St
Presque Isle , Maine 4769
Health Connections Rockport
6 Glen Cove Dr
Rockport , Maine 4856
Occupational Health-Rumford Comm Ctr Rumford
430 Franklin St
Rumford , Maine 4276
Goodall Occupational Health Clinic Sanford
13 July St
Sanford , Maine 4073
US Healthworks Medical Group Scarborough
55 Spring St
Scarborough , Maine 4074
Central Maine Partners in Health South Portland
254 Western Ave
South Portland , Maine 4106
Concentra Medical Center – S. Portland
85 Western Ave
South Portland , Maine 4106
EMSI-Waterboro Waterboro
545 Main Street
Waterboro , Maine 4087
WORKPLACE HEALTH-MAIN GENERAL MEDICAL WATERVILLE
30 CHASE AVE
WATERVILLE , Maine 4901
Occupational Health Associates West Bath
270 State Road
West Bath , Maine 4530
Workplace Health Winthrop
149 Main St
Winthrop , Maine 4364
Fallon Clinic-vendor only Worcester
100 Front Street
Worcester , Maine 1608
York Hospital York
15 Hospital Dr
York , Maine 3909