Review and Notice of Rights. Sodexo’s contracted Medical Review Officer will contact any Employee testing positive for the presence of a prohibited substance. The Employee will be allowed to present medical documentation to explain any permissible use of a drug. All such discussions between the Employee and the MRO will be confidential. Sodexo will not be a party to or have access to matters discussed between the Employee and the MRO, except to respond to a claim made in a grievance, arbitration, lawsuit or administrative charge. Until the Employee contacts the MRO or a reasonable time has lapsed after the Employee was asked to contact the MRO, Sodexo will not be advised of the test result. If legitimate, medically supported reasons exist to explain the positive result, the MRO will report the test result to Sodexo as a negative. If there is no legitimate, medically supportable reason for the positive test result, the MRO will report the test result as a positive. Sodexo will then notify the Employee of the positive result, the substance(s) detected and the Employee’s right to a split-sample analysis. There will be no medical review of a positive test for alcohol or a positive test of a split specimen. No medical explanation for alcohol in an Employee’s system will be accepted. If, during the course of an interview with an Employee who has tested positive, the MRO learns of a medical condition, or medication for a medical condition, which could, in the MRO’s reasonable medical judgment, pose a risk to safety, the MRO may report that information to Sodexo. If the result is reported to Sodexo as positive by the MRO, Sodexo will notify the Employee in writing of the following:
1. The result of the test;
2. The Employee’s right to have a split sample analyzed;
3. The Employee’s right to choose the laboratory to analyze the split sample;
4. The Employee’s right to take up to three business days after the date of written notice to decide whether to have the split analyzed;
5. The Employee’s responsibility to pay for the split sample analysis.
Review and Notice of Rights. Sodexo's contracted Medical Review Officer will contact any Employee testing positive for the presence of a prohibited substance. The Employee will be allowed to present medical documentation to explain any permissible use of a drug. All such discussions between the Employee and the MRO will be confidential. Sodexo will not be a party to or have access to matters discussed between the Employee and the MRO, except to respond to a claim made in a grievance, arbitration, lawsuit or administrative charge. Until the Employee contacts the MRO or a reasonable time has lapsed after the Employee was asked to contact the MRO, Sodexo will not be advised of the test result. If legitimate, medically supported reasons exist to explain the positive result, the MRO will report the test result to Sodexo as a negative. If there is no legitimate, medically supportable reason for the positive test result, the MRO will report the test result as a positive. Sodexo will then notify the Employee of the positive result, the substance(s) detected and the Employee's right to a split-sample analysis. There will be no medical review of a positive test for alcohol or a positive test of a split specimen. No medical explanation for alcohol in an Employee's system will be accepted. Sharp Grossmont (FSD/EVS) exp. 11-30-23 24
