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<br />IV. CIRCUMSTANCES FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL <br />TESTING <br /> <br />1. Pre-emplovment Testine. <br /> <br />All job applicants, including persons currently employed by the City, applying <br />for ajob where duties include operating the City CMV's are required to undergo <br />testing for drugs if a job offer is made. The job offer is contingent upon a <br />negative drug test report and the applicant's written agreement authorizing <br />former employers to release to the City, all information on the applicant's <br />positive drug test results and refusals to be tested within the preceding two years. <br />This information must be received within 14 days of the request. <br /> <br />2. Reasonable Suspicion Testine <br /> <br />A. City's Determination of Reasonable Suspicion. The City shall require <br />a driver to submit to an alcohol or drug test when the supervisor has reasonable <br />suspicion to believe that the driver has violated the provisions of federal law <br />concerning alcohol or controlled substance. The City's determination that <br />reasonable suspicion exists to requlre the driver to undergo an alcohol or drug <br />test must be based on specific, contemporaneous, articulable observations <br />concerning the appearance, behavior, speech, or body odors of the driver. A <br />driver may only be required to undergo reasonable suspicion testing while <br />performing safety-sensitive functions, just before performing safety-sensitive <br />functions, or just after ceasing to perform safety-sensitive functions. <br /> <br />B. Trained Supervisor of Driver. The required observations for alcohol <br />and/or controlled substance reasonable suspicion testing shall be made by a <br />supervisor of a driver of the City who is trained in accordance with federal law . <br /> <br />C. Prompt Administration of Test. If an alcohol test required by federal <br />law and this policy is not administered within two (2) hours following the <br />determination of reasonable suspicion, the City shall prepare and maintain on <br />file a record stating the reasons the alcohol test was not promptly administered. <br />If the alcohol test required by federal law and this policy is not administered <br />within eight (8) hours following the determination of reasonable suspicion, all <br />attempts to conduct the test shall cease and the reasons for not administering the <br />alcohol test shall be documented. <br /> <br />D. Alcohol Testine. Alcohol testing is authorized only if the observations <br />required are made during, just preceding, or just after the period of the work day <br />that the driver is required to be in compliance with requirements ofthis policy <br />requiring the use of alcohol. <br /> <br />3. 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 respect <br />to a CMV involved in an accident which resulted in the loss of human life or <br />who received a moving traffic violation in relation to an accident. <br /> <br />page 5 <br />