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Sample Collection Requirements. A urine or blood collection site can be a doctor's office, a clinic, or any other suitable location established by the collecting facility. The laboratory utilized to analyze the specimen must be certified and licensed to perform test. The City will utilize a testing facility of their choice for the purposes of collecting the necessary samples and performing the necessary test procedures. Generally, the employee will have a right to produce the sample in private, without being observed. The only exception is when the collection person has a particular reason to believe the employee may alter or substitute the urine sample; if they see clear signs of tampering, if the temperature of the urine is off; and/or where the last urine test was abnormally dilute. If the employee is being observed, the person must be of the same sex. There is a two-step testing procedure. The first test, or screening test, is called an immunoassay. The most common form of this test is called an "EMIT" test. The levels for a positive finding are higher; however, this result is not communicated to the City. Rather the sample is then screened through a second confirmatory test. If the EMIT or initial screening test is negative, that is the end. It is reported as negative. If the EMIT or initial screening test is positive for one or more drugs/alcohol, the next step is a highly accurate test called the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry - GS/MS for short. If this test is negative; the whole test .is reported to the City as negative. If it is positive, the next step is that the test results and procedures are reviewed by the Medical Review Officer. The Medical Review Officer, or MRO, is a doctor who is knowledgeable about drug abuse. All lab test results - positive or negative - go through the MRO. It is the MRO's job to look at every "positive" report from the lab, to talk with the employee, and to determine whether or not there is another explanation for the positive result. If the MRO finds a legitimate explanation, such as medicine use, the MRO will report the test results to the employer as "negative". If the employee is convinced that the first lab test was wrong, the employee may ask the Medical Review Officer to have t e original sample retested by a different certified lab. The , i ,, . ' • second sample must have been provided by the employee at the same time as the original sample. ' ' The request for retesting must be made within 72 hours after the employee was told about the positive test. Further, the employee must prepay all costs of the second test and if the result is negative, the employee will be deemed to have had a negative test result, will not be required to comply with the EAP program. If the second test results are positive, the MRO will report this result to the Employer and the employee will be disciplined in accordance with this Policy.

Sample Collection Requirements. A urine or blood collection site can be a doctor's office, a clinic, or any other suitable location established by the collecting facility. The laboratory utilized to analyze the specimen must be certified and licensed to perform test. The City will utilize a testing facility of their choice for the purposes of collecting the necessary samples and performing the necessary test procedures. Generally, the employee will have a right to produce the sample in private, without being observed. The only exception is when the collection person has a particular reason to believe the employee may alter or substitute the urine sample; if they see clear signs of tampering, if the temperature of the urine is off; and/or andƒor where the last urine test was abnormally dilute. If the employee is being observed, the person must be of the same sex. There is a two-step two−step testing procedure. The first test, or screening test, is called an immunoassay. The most common form of this test is called an "EMIT" test. The levels for a positive finding are higher; however, this result is not communicated to the City. Rather the sample is then screened through a second confirmatory test. If the EMIT or initial screening test is negative, that is the end. It is reported as negative. If the EMIT or initial screening test is positive for one or more drugs/alcoholdrugsƒalcohol, the next step is a highly accurate test called the gas chromatography/mass chromatographyƒmass spectrometry - GS/MS − GSƒMS for short. If this test is negative; , the whole test .is is reported to the City as negative. If it is positive, the next step is that the test results and procedures are reviewed by the Medical Review Officer. The Medical Review Officer, or MRO, is a doctor who is knowledgeable about drug abuse. All lab test results - − positive or negative - − go through the MRO. It is the MRO's job to look at every "positive" report from the lab, to talk with the employee, and to determine whether or not there is another explanation for the positive result. If the MRO finds a legitimate explanation, such as medicine use, the MRO will report the test results to the employer as "negative"”. If the employee is convinced that the first lab test was wrong, the employee may ask the Medical Review Officer to have t e the original sample retested by a different certified lab. The , i ,, . ' • second sample must have been provided by the employee at the same time as the original sample. ' ' The request for retesting must be made within 72 hours after the employee was told about the positive test. Further, the employee must prepay all costs of the second test and if the result is negative, the employee will be deemed to have had a negative test result, will not be required to comply with the EAP program. If the second test results are positive, the MRO will report this result to the Employer and the employee will be disciplined in accordance with this Policy.