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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />All job applicants, including persons currently employed by the City, <br />applying for a job where duties include operating the City CMV's are <br />required to undergo testing for drugs if a job offer is made. The job offer is <br />contingent upon a negative drug test report and the applicant's written <br />agreement authorizing former employers to release to the City, all <br />information on the applicant's positive drug test results and refusals to be <br />tested within the preceding two years. This information must be received <br />within 14 days ofth~ request. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Reasonable Suspicion Testing <br /> <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 <br />reasonable suspicion testing while performing safety-sensitive functions, just <br />before performing safety-sensitive functions, or just after ceasing to perform <br />safety-sensitive functions. <br /> <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 <br />with federal law . <br /> <br />C. Prompt Administration of Test. If an alcohol test required by <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 /> <br />D. Alcohol Testinl!. 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 /> <br />3. <br /> <br />Post-accident <br /> <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 /> <br />page 5 <br />