Split Specimen Tests. When an employee is notified of a positive drug test or a refusal to test because of adulteration or substitution, the employee has 72 hours from the time of notification by the MRO to request a test of the split specimen either verbally or in writing to the MRO. The MRO will then prepare the documentation and forward it to the laboratory that is storing the split specimen. The laboratory will then prepare the documentation and send both the split specimen and the documentation to another DHHS/SAMHSA-certified laboratory for the split specimen testing. Pending the result of the split specimen test, the employee is not allowed to perform his/her job duties. If the employee is unable to contact the MRO within 72 hours, the employee may present to the MRO information documenting that serious illness, injury, inability to contact the MRO, lack of actual notice of the verified test result, or other circumstances unavoidably prevented the employee from timely contacting the MRO. If the MRO concludes there is a legitimate explanation for the employee’s failure to contact the MRO within 72 hours, the MRO shall direct that the test of the split specimen take place. Another DHHS/SAMHSA-certified laboratory will test the split specimen to either reconfirm or fail to reconfirm the positive, adulterated, or substituted drug test result from the result of the primary specimen. If the split specimen reconfirms the positive, adulterated, or substituted result, the positive or refusal to test result will stand. If the split specimen fails to reconfirm the positive, adulterated, or substituted result, both the primary specimen and the split specimen test results will be cancelled by the MRO. If the employee notifies the MRO to test the split specimen and the laboratory reports to the MRO the split specimen is not available, the MRO will cancel both the primary specimen and the split specimen test results and direct the Village to conduct another collection on the employee immediately under direct observation. Any employee who requests a test of his/her split specimen shall reimburse the Village for the cost of the split specimen test assessed to the Village.
