---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 40.45"
title: "49"
number: "40.45"
heading: "What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/40.45"
---

# §40.45. What materials are used to send urine specimens to the laboratory?

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000. Redesignated at 88 FR 27639, May 2, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 102, 301, 322, 5331, 20140, 31306, and 54101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000. Redesignated at 88 FR 27639, May 2, 2023]