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upon a negative drug test report and the applicant's written agreement <br />authorizing former employers to release to the City, all information on the <br />applicant's positive drug test results and refusals to be tested within the <br />preceding two years. This information must be received within 14 days of the <br />request. <br />2. Reasonable Suspicion Testing <br />A. City's Determination of Reasonable Suspicion The City shall <br />require a driver to submit to an alcohol or drug test when the supervisor has <br />reasonable suspicion to believe that the driver has violated the provisions of <br />federal law concerning alcohol or controlled substance. The City's <br />determination that reasonable suspicion exists to require the driver to <br />undergo an alcohol or drug test must be based on specific, contemporaneous, <br />articulable observations concerning the appearance, behavior, speech, or <br />body odors of the driver. A driver may only be required to undergo reasonable <br />suspicion testing while performing safety- sensitive functions, just before <br />performing safety- sensitive functions, or just after ceasing to perform safety - <br />sensitive functions. <br />B. Trained Supervisor of Driver. The required observations for <br />alcohol and/or controlled substance reasonable suspicion testing shall be <br />made by a supervisor of a driver of the City who is trained in accordance with <br />federal law. <br />C. Prompt Administration of Test If an alcohol test required b <br />q Y <br />federal law and this policy is not administered within two (2) hours following <br />the determination of reasonable suspicion, the City shall prepare and <br />maintain on file a record stating the reasons the alcohol test was not <br />promptly administered. If the alcohol test required by federal law and this <br />policy is not administered within eight (8) hours following the determination <br />of reasonable suspicion, all attempts to conduct the test shall cease and the <br />reasons for not administering the alcohol test shall be documented. <br />D. Alcohol Testing. Alcohol testing is authorized only if the <br />observations required are made during, just preceding, or just after the <br />period of the work day that the driver is required to be in compliance with <br />requirements of this policy requiring the use of alcohol. <br />3. Post - accident <br />A. Drivers Tested. A post- accident alcohol and drug test shall be <br />performed on any driver who performed safety- sensitive functions with <br />respect to a CMV involved in an accident which resulted in the loss of human <br />life or who received a moving traffic violation in relation to an accident. <br />B. Alcohol Tests. The driver must provide an alcohol test sample as <br />soon as practicable after the occurrence of the accident. If the driver does not <br />receive the test within two (2) hours of the accident, the reasons shall be <br />documented. After eight (8) hours, all attempts to conduct the alcohol test <br />page 5 <br />