LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS/TESTS PERFORMED/CONDUCTED BY DESIGNATED DRUG TESTING CENTERS

Pursuant to the powers vested in it by Section 36(a) of R.A. No.
6425, as amended, the Dangerous Drugs Board, in implementation of
Section 24-A of said Act, hereby prescribes the following:

SECTION 1.       Any person apprehended/arrested pursuant
to Section 24-A of R.A. No. 6425, as amended, for violating the
provisions of said Act shall, immediately upon his arrest/apprehension,
be referred by the arresting officer/s to drug testing centers
designated for laboratory examinations/tests.

SECTION 2.       In addition to the existing drug testing
centers already performing such laboratory examinations/tests such as
the DDB, NBI, PC-INP and MOH, the Chairman is hereby authorized to
designate such other drug testing centers as he may find to be adequate
to perform the examinations/tests to determine the presence of dangerous
drugs in body fluids and for identifying/determining the quality and
quantity of drugs ingested.

SECTION 3.       Until such time as the Board has not
established drug testing centers in each province or city as provided in
Section 24-A of the Act, the Board shall improve or cause the
improvement of drug testing centers designated by the Chairman pursuant
to Section 2 hereof, by extending commodity as well as other kinds of
assistance necessary to render said centers capable of conducting the
examinations/tests required by said Act.  Nothing in this Regulation
shall be construed as preventing the Board from establishing drug
testing centers in each province or city as provided in Section 24-A of
the Act.

SECTION 4.       This Regulation shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 22 Sept. 1982

(SGD.) J. C. AZURIN
(Minister of Health)
Chairman