# 2026-10884: HHS Updates Official List of Approved Drug Testing Labs

2026-10884, Current List of HHS-Certified Laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities Which Meet Minimum Standards To Engage in Urine and Oral Fluid Drug Testing for Federal Agencies, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration published 2026-06-01, effective 2026-06-01; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-10884
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-10884
- Title: Current List of HHS-Certified Laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities Which Meet Minimum Standards To Engage in Urine and Oral Fluid Drug Testing for Federal Agencies
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 32406
- Published: 2026-06-01
- Effective: 2026-06-01
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

HHS Updates Official List of Approved Drug Testing Labs

## Summary

Hey federal agencies! This notice shares the up-to-date list of labs and testing sites approved to do urine and oral fluid drug tests that meet strict government rules. If a lab loses its certification, it’s dropped from the list until it’s fixed. Staying current helps keep drug testing fair and reliable, with no extra costs or delays for agencies.

## Abstract

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides notice of the laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITFs) currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines) using Urine and the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines using Oral Fluid.

## Effects PRIA read

- Certification steps and maintenance rules: cost, medium. To become HHS-certified, a laboratory or Instrumented Initial Testing Facility (IITF) must pass three rounds of performance testing and an on-site inspection. To keep certification, a lab or IITF must participate in quarterly performance testing and periodic on-site inspections.
- No oral-fluid labs currently certified: cost, low. The notice states that "at this time, there are no laboratories certified to conduct drug and specimen validity tests on oral fluid specimens." Federal workplace programs that want certified oral-fluid testing currently have no HHS-certified labs to use.
- IITFs cannot perform oral-fluid testing: cost, low. HHS explicitly states that IITFs are not allowed to conduct oral fluid testing. IITFs are therefore limited to urine testing under the HHS Mandatory Guidelines.
- DOT restriction on IITF testing: cost, low. The notice states that the Department of Transportation (DOT) does not allow IITFs to test DOT-regulated specimens. DOT-regulated testing must follow DOT rules, not IITF procedures described here.
- Some labs restricted to VA or DoD employees: benefit, low. The notice lists specific laboratories that perform testing only for certain Federal employee groups: the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center lab tests for Veterans Affairs (VA) employees only, and the US Army Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Laboratory tests for Department of Defense (DoD)…
- Lab withdraws from certification on June 30, 2026: cost, low. The notice announces that Alere Toxicology Services (Richmond, VA) is voluntarily withdrawing from the National Laboratory Certification Program effective June 30, 2026. That lab will be omitted from the monthly certified list thereafter.

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## Sources
- [2026-10884 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/01/2026-10884/current-list-of-hhs-certified-laboratories-and-instrumented-initial-testing-facilities-which-meet)
- [2026-10884 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-01/pdf/2026-10884.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-10884 (as of 2026-06-08).