Common use of Assurance of Accurate Results Clause in Contracts

Assurance of Accurate Results. Officers shall have the right to request that their urine sample be stored in case of legal disputes. The urine sample will be submitted to the designated testing facility where a sample will be maintained for the period of one year. Officers may, at their own expense, request to have a test administered at an approved physician's office accompanied by the testing personnel provided such testing is administered within eight (8) hours after notification by the Chief. Drug testing shall consist of a two-step procedure: (1) Initial screening test. (2) Confirmation test. Should a confirmation test be required, the test procedure will be technologically different and more sensitive than the initial screening test. Officers shall be provided with a notice of the result and may obtain a copy of the actual laboratory result upon request to the Lieutenant assigned responsibility as Drug Testing Coordinator. The CITY and the ASSOCIATION agree that only an appropriately certified laboratory should conduct drug testing. The laboratory selected shall be experienced and capable of quality control documentation, chain of custody and have a demonstrated technical expertise and proficiency in urine analysis and shall comply with all requirements of an appropriately certified laboratory. The CITY shall require any laboratory selected for collecting samples to conduct a background investigation on those laboratory personnel involved in the collecting or handling of an unsealed sample. In addition, the CITY shall require any laboratory involved in collecting samples to use only employees who have not been arrested by Officers of the Austin Police Department or convicted of a felony or misdemeanor crime involving dishonest conduct or possession of illegal drugs to be involved in collecting or handling of an unsealed sample collected from an Officer. In the event that the laboratory that collects the initial samples is not the same laboratory that conducts the actual testing of those samples, only the laboratory that collects the initial samples must comply with the background and criminal history provision of this AGREEMENT. Test results shall be inadmissible in any administrative disciplinary hearing if it is determined that the laboratory collecting samples failed to conduct a background investigation on the laboratory personnel involved in collecting or handling the unsealed sample which resulted in a positive test result. All records pertaining to the Department-required drug tests shall remain confidential except to the extent used in a disciplinary appeal. Drug test results and records shall be stored in a locked file under the control of the Drug Coordinator, and under the supervision of the Chief, who will maintain original copies submitted by the laboratory. No access to these files shall be allowed without written approval of the Chief.