Common use of Release of Drug Testing Information Clause in Contracts

Release of Drug Testing Information. The MRO shall inform the employee before beginning the verification interview, that the MRO could transmit to appropriate parties information concerning medications being used by the employee or the employee's medical condition only if, in the MRO's medical judgment, the information indicated that the employee may be medically unqualified under applicable DOT agency rules. When a grievance is filed as a result of a positive test the City shall obtain from the laboratory its records relating to the drug test. Upon receiving the records, the City shall promptly provide copies to the appropriate official of the Union, provided that the employee has executed the consent form authorizing release to the Union. The consent request will be given to the employee in conjunction with the request authorizing release of the information to the City. The City agrees to notify the Union of any change of SAMHSA approved laboratories used for drug testing for whatever reason.