Drug/Alcohol Test Clause Samples

Drug/Alcohol Test. Procedures ---------------------------- Drug/Alcohol testing shall be done at the medical facility using urine specimens/breathalyzer tests. With regard to alcohol, the cutoff level below which a test is 30 presumed negative shall be that used by the State Police to conclude impairment in the operation of a motor vehicle. a) If required by the medical facility or testing lab the Employee shall sign forms authorizing: (1) providing the medical facility a specimen of urine; (2) the testing laboratory to release the results of the testing indicating the presence or absence of a substance capable of causing impairment to the medical facility for physician review and to the designated manager of the Company, and; (3) at the Employee's discretion, he/she may authorize the same release as defined in (2 above) to the Union. An Employee's refusal to sign the release shall constitute a refusal to be examined and tested. Such refusal shall result in termination. b) The Employee to be tested shall be taken to the medical facility by an Employer representative accompanied, at the request of the Employee, by the Business Agent, Union ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or another Employee. c) In an effort to protect individual privacy, Employees will not be subject to direct observation while rendering urine samples. If the Employee provides urine samples that contain confirmed evidence of any form of tampering or substitution, the Employee shall be discharged. d) Urine samples shall be drawn, subject to the provisions set forth below. Upon receipt of the specimens by the laboratory one of three urine specimens (or subdivisions of a single specimen) will be placed immediately, unopened in a locked freezer for storage. A second sample will be used for the initial and confirming test. In the event of a positive initial test, within twenty-four (24) hours a second, independent, confirming test will be conducted at the laboratory site. The cost of the examination and initial and confirming test shall be borne by the Company. A negative result in the confirming test will prevail. A third sample will, at the Employee's request, be transferred to a laboratory (meeting standards mutually agreed on by Company and Union) chosen by the Employer for an independent test. The Employee shall bear all costs for this test. e) The examination and testing procedures and standards to be carried out by the medical facility personnel and testing laboratory shall be those adopted by the Employer and the Union and shall ...