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POLICIES

11. Testing Procedures

a. Covered employees subject to testing for the presence of alcohol and controlled substances will
be subject to the testing procedures detailed in Title 49, CFR, Parts 40 and 382, entitled
Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug Testing Programs.
b. The District will comply with all procedures specified by Title 49, CFR, Parts 40 and 382, to
protect the covered employee and the integrity of the testing processes. In no event will any
testing be conducted that might in any way endanger the life of the covered employee.|
c. The District will comply with all procedures specified by Title 49, CFR, Parts 40 and 382, to
safeguard the validity of the results and to ensure that those results are attributed to the correct
covered employee, including post-accident information, procedures, and instructions.

12. Results Reporting

a. The MRO shall contact the tested covered employee directly, on a confidential basis, before
verifying a positive test result.
b. The MRO shall allow the covered employee an opportunity to discuss the test result. If the MRO
makes reasonable, documented efforts but is unable to reach the covered employee within five
(5) working days of a verified positive result, the MRO shall inform the District’s designated
representative, who shall then direct the tested covered employee to contact the MRO as soon
as possible.
c. If, after making all reasonable efforts, the District’s designated representative is unable to
contact the covered employee, the District may place the covered employee on temporary
medically unqualified status or medical leave.
d. The MRO’s communication with the tested covered employee is important to verification of a
positive test result; however, the MRO will verify a test result as positive to the District without
having communicated directly with the covered employee in three (3) circumstances:

i. The tested covered employee declines the opportunity to discuss the test with
the MRO;
ii. Neither the MRO nor the District representative, after making all reasonable
efforts, has been able to contact the individual within fourteen (14) days of the date
on which the MRO receives the confirmed positive test result; or
iii. The District representative has successfully made and documented a contact with
the tested covered employee and instructed the covered employee to communicate
with the MRO and more than five (5) days have passed since the date the covered
employee was successfully contacted by the District.|

e. Following the verification of a positive test result, the MRO shall refer the case to the District’s
designated representative empowered to recommend or take administrative action.

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