Common use of Drug Testing Procedure Clause in Contracts

Drug Testing Procedure. 1. All employees will be subject to drug testing. A. The employee will be notified by the supervisor and the employee will be instructed to go to a specified location for a drug test. B. Once at the collection site, the employee will be given a sealed specimen bottle or a sealed collection container and provided a room that will afford the employee visual and aural privacy for him/her to provide a urine sample for a drug testing. C. Once a sample is collected, the employee is to return the sample to the collector immediately. The sample will be checked for temperature and it will be recorded on the official form. The specimen will be split into bottle A and bottle B. The official form and the two specimen bottles will be sent to a laboratory for testing. 2. The laboratory shall report as negative to the Personnel Officer all specimens that are negative on the initial test and no record of testing retained in personnel file. Only specimens confirmed positive shall be reported positive for a specific drug. A. The laboratory has five (5) working days after receipt of the specimen to report the results of the tests to the Medical Review Officer. B. The Medical Review Officer shall review confirmed positive results, making sure all steps have been taken to assure an accurate test. C. Prior to making a final decision to verify a positive test result for an employee, the Medical Review Officer shall contact the employee directly, on a confidential basis, to determine if he/she wishes to discuss the test results. A medically licensed or certified staff person under the Medical Review Officer's supervision may gather information from the employee. The Medical Review Officer shall talk directly with the employee before verifying a test as positive. D. If, after making all reasonable efforts and documenting them, the Medical Review Officer is unable to reach the employee directly, he/she shall contact a designated management official who shall direct the employee to contact the Medical Review Officer as soon as possible. The management official shall employ procedures that ensure this notice is held in confidence. 3. The Medical Review Officer may verify a test as positive without having communicated directly with the employee about the test in two circumstances. A. The employee expressly declines the opportunity to discuss the test. B. The designed employer representative has successfully made and documented a contact with the employee and instructed the employee to contact the Medical Review Officer and more than five (5) days have passed since the date the employee was successfully contacted. 4. If a test is verified positive under the circumstances specified in paragraph 3 (A) and (B) of this section, the employee may present, to the Medical Review Officer, information documenting that serious illness, injury, or other circumstances unavoidably prevented the employee from timely contacting the Medical Review Officer. The Medical Review Officer, on the basis of such information, may reopen the verification, allowing the employee to present information concerning a legitimate explanation for the confirmed positive test. If the Medical Review Officer concludes that there is a legitimate explanation, the Medical Review Officer declares the test to be negative. A. If a test is verified positive by the Medical Review Officer, the employee has seventy-two