Substance Abuse Policy.
10 B: Employees are prohibited from consuming alcohol for _ hours following involvement in an accident or until they submit to the post-accident drug and alcohol test, whichever occurs first.
8.
7. Definitions: A city employee who performs the duties of a safety-sensitive position as determined by the director of the human resources department.
Safety-Sensitive Employee.
Part 4 10: Drug and alcohol testing records shall be maintained by the SAP and, except as provided by law, the results of any drug/alcohol test shall not be disclosed without the express consent of the _ _.
Tested Employee.
10 B: Employees are prohibited from reporting to work or remaining on duty while having an alcohol concentration of _ or greater regardless of when the alcohol was consumed.
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13 E: All safety-sensitive employees who previously tested positive on a drug or alcohol test or refused a test must test negative for drugs, alcohol (below _ for alcohol), or both and be evaluated and released by the Substance abuse professional before returning to work.
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9. Supervisors will receive a minimum of _ minutes of drug and alcohol specialized training designed to promote the necessary skills to: 1. _ employees of this policy. 2. _ this policy. 3. _ the signs of drug and alcohol use. 4. Intervene constructively. 5. Integrate an employee effectively back into their work group following _ and _.
1. Inform. 2. Enforce. 3. Identify. 5. Intervention and Treatment.
13 D: Safety-sensitive employees are subject to random selection for drug and alcohol testing with no more than _ hours notice.
2.
Part 4 8D: All employees who self refer must consent to and submit to a baseline alcohol and drug test within _ hours of self referral and shall be compliant with the city recommended treatment program no later than _ calendar days after self referral.
24. 90.
13 D: The number of safety-sensitive employees randomly selected for drug/alcohol testing during the calendar year shall be not less than _ percent of the total number of employees in the pool.
25.
10 B: No employee shall consume alcohol within _ hours prior to the performance of job functions.
4.
13 D 4: There shall be _ pools of safety-sensitive employees from which employees can be randomly selected. Each pool shall be maintained separately and no employee may be placed in more than one pool except as noted in subsection d. a) Employees designated as safety-sensitive by Federal Transit Authority regulations. b) Employees required to operate a commercial class vehicle. c) Public Safety Employees. d) Police Officers whose primary duty is the detection and suppression of drug violations, who shall be the only employees whose names appear in two pools. e) All other employees deemed safety-sensitive.
5.
12 2: Under city authority, and alcohol test CAN or CANNOT be performed any time a covered employee is on duty?
Can.
Definition: A city employee who is required to hold a CDL and performs safety-sensitive job functions on any city commercial motor vehicle.
Covered Employee.
Part 2 CDL 9A: All covered employees will receive educational materials explaining the DOT's requirements and the City's policies and procedures to meet those requirements. In addition to this policy, the city will provide covered employees with information concerning: 1. The effects of _ and _ on an individuals health, work and personal life. 2. The signs and _ of a drug or alcohol problem. 3. The available methods of _ when a problem does exist.
Drugs and Alcohol. Symptoms. Intervention.
Part 4 8: The city encourages employees who believe or suspect they may be abusing a substance to voluntarily refer themselves to the _ _ _, substance abuse program for assistance. Employees may self-refer at any time except within _ hours after an accident as defined in this policy or after being notified that they must submit to a random,reasonable suspicion,transfer or promotion drug/alcohol test under parts 1,2,3 of this policy.
Employee Assistance Program. 24.
13 F: Follow-up testing for safety sensitive employees will be performed for a period of _ to _ years with a minimum of _ tests to be performed the first year.
One to Five. Six.
8 B: City employees in safety-sensitive positions are subject to _-_, _, _ _ and _-_ drug and alcohol testing.
Pre-Employment. Random. Reasonable Suspicion. Post-Accident.
10 B: Employees are prohibited from reporting for duty or remaining on duty at any time there is a _ presence of a prohibited drug in the body at or above the minimum thresholds defined in the 49 C.F.R. 40, as amended or defined in appendix A for SAFE 10 tests.
Quantifiable.
13 B6: A written record of the observations which led to a drug and alcohol test based on reasonable suspicion shall be prepared and signed by the supervisor making the observation within _ hours of the observation or prior to the release of the test results. The written record shall be submitted to the _ _ Program Manager and the City's medical review officer and shall be attached to the forms reporting the test results.
24. Substance Abuse.
Part 4 8I: The first time an employee has a positive test result during the follow-up testing period, he will be removed from duty for a minimum of _ calendar days and placed in an appropriate leave status. Employees may only again return to work upon the order of the SAP. Any employee not returned to work by the SAP within _ calendar days shall be terminated. The second time an employee has a positive test result during the follow-up testing period, the employee shall be terminated.
30. 90.
8 A4: All employees are required to notify the city human resources of any criminal drug statue conviction for a violation occurring in the workplace within _ days after such conviction.
5.
13 C: The appropriate department director or designee shall ensure that an employee required to be tested under this section is tested as soon as practicable and within _ hours of the accident.
8.
13 B1: Pertaining to Covered Employee's: If the alcohol reasonable suspicion test is not administered within _ hours of the incident, the driver shall be placed out of service for _ hours.
8. 24.
8 B Cont.: All safety-sensitive employees returning to duty after a suspension or termination, whether by decree or settlement, as well as any safety-sensitive employee returning to the workplace after any absence of _ days or more, will be required to take a drug test and have a negative result prior to the performance of safety-sensitive job functions.
90.
Part 4 8G: Employees who are not compliant with the city recommended treatment program within _ calendar days from the date of self referral shall be terminated.
90.
10. Any drug or any substance identified in Schedule _ through _ of section 202 of the controlled substance act is prohibited at all times in the workplace unless a legal prescription has been written for the substance.
I through V.
14. All testing results shall be reported to the _ _ _ or their designee.
Medical Review Officer.
14 B: Any employee who questions the results of a required drug test may request that a split sample be tested. The split test must be conducted at a second HHS-certified laboratory with no affiliation with the laboratory that analyzed the primary specimen. The employees request for a split sample test must be made to the _ _ _within _ hours of notice of the original sample verified test result.
Medical Review Officer. 72.
Appendix A: If the MRO verifies that the officer has a valid prescription for the SAFE TEN drug, the test will be verified as _, but the MRO will discuss with the officer the requirement that the officer needs to inform the department that a prescription medication covered under the SAFE TEN testing program is being used, as per APD Policy 1-04-7.
Negative.
13 B: Definition: There is objective evidence, based upon known specific, contemporaneous, articulate observations of the employee's appearance, behavior, speech or body odor that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the employee is under the influence of alcohol/drugs; is in possession of or using, transferring, selling or purchasing alcohol or drugs during work hours while on city property or vehicle; Is a public safety employee who has recently illegally possessed, transferred, used or sold a prohibited drug.
Reasonable Suspicion
7. Definitions: A city position which the director of the human resources department has determined should be classified as safety-sensitive. At a minimum, under part 1 of this policy all public safety employees and employees with access to controlled substances will be classified in Safety-Sensitive Position.
Safety-Sensitive Position.
Appendix A: When a police officer has a positive test result for any one of the SAFE TEN drugs, the MRO will contact the employee and verify the test. A verified positive test result will be delivered to the _ _ _ _, who will notify the Chief of Police.
Substance Abuse Program Manager.
Appendix A: (Info Card) The SAFE TEN drugs screened: 1. Amphetamines. 2. Barbiturates. 3. Benzodiazepines. 4. Cannabinoids (Marijuana). 5. Cocaine. 6. Methadone. 7. Methaqualone. 8. Opiates. 9. Phencyclidine. 10. Propoxyphene.
When a SAFE TEN test is negative, the Substance Abuse Program manager will initial the results acknowledging receipt and forward the result to the Chief of Police.
