Drug Testing and Reporting. All drug testing is done by analyzing a urine sample and is conducted by a trained collection site person in an appropriate, private setting. The employee will be positively identified by the collection site person using photo identification or identity verification from a Village supervisor. The employee will be instructed to remove all unnecessary outer garments (coats, jackets, hats) and leave these garments along with any briefcase, purse, or other bag he/she may be carrying in a mutually agreeable location. The employee may keep his/her wallet. The employee will also be instructed to empty his/her pockets and display the items in them to ensure he/she is not carrying anything that could be used to tamper with a specimen. He/she will then be asked to wash and dry his/her hands prior to urination, immediately before providing a urine specimen. Urine specimens will be collected in clean, single-use specimen bottles which are to remain in their protective, sealed wrapper until they can be unwrapped in front of the employee. This ensures that the specimen is not tainted or contaminated. The employee will be instructed to go into the room used for urination and provide a specimen of at least 45mL. The temperature of the urine specimen will be taken within four minutes of collection and should fall within the acceptable temperature range for testing (90 –100 degrees F/ 32-38 degrees C). If the collection site person suspects the urine sample has been contaminated or tampered with, any unusual signs will be recorded on the collection site form and the employee will be asked to provide a second sample. The first sample will still be tested as usual, but the second sample must be collected under direct observation of a same-gender collection site person. The specimen is then divided into two containers by the collection site person and within the employee’s presence. This provides two samples for testing, called the primary and split. The split sample is available should the employee dispute the results of the primary sample test. These two samples are sent to a testing laboratory certified by the Department of Health and Human Services and will be tracked using the custody and control form. Both the employee and the collection site person must keep the specimen in view at all times prior to the specimen containers being sealed and labeled in the employee’s presence. The employee must then initial the tamper-evident bottle seals on the specimen bottles to certi...
