Review Officer. The City will contract with a Review Officer who will receive confirmed positive test results from the testing facility and evaluate those results in conjunction with the subject employee and/or applicant. The Review Officer will be qualified by the Board of Health to receive, interpret and evaluate the test results. Upon receiving a confirmed positive test result, the Review Officer will contact the applicant or employee prior to notification of City officials. The applicant or employee will be given the opportunity to explain the test results.
Review Officer. The Review Officer is authorized to receive Requests for a Hearing; attempt to promote settle- ment; make the decision of the Agency on the claim if the claimant does not request referral of the Request for a Hearing to the Chief Administrative Law Judge; and refer a Request for a Hearing to the Chief Administrative Law Judge when necessary. The Re- view Officer shall make the decision of the Agency on the claim in writing and shall serve the Requestor and the Claims Official with a copy of his deci- sion. The Review Officer may, sua sponte, without ruling on the merits of the Request for a Hearing, refer it to the Chief Adminstrative Law Judge for decision. If the Requestor is not satis- fied with the decision of the Review Of- ficer, he may, within 10 days of service of such decision, request that the Re- view Officer refer the Request for a Hearing to the Chief Administrative Law Judge. The Requestor shall also serve such notice on the Claims Offi- cial. Otherwise the decision of the Re- view Officer is a final order. When re- ferring a matter to the Chief Adminis- trative Law Judge, the Review Officer shall include the Request for a Hear- ing, a copy of his decision, and any other pertinent documents. The Review Officer also shall notify the Requestor, the Hearing Clerk, and the Claims Offi- cial when he refers a Request for a Hearing to the Chief Administrative Law Judge. The Hearing Clerk, shall, upon receipt of the relevant docu- ments, establish a file for the hearing. Thereafter, a copy of all pleadings must be filed with the Hearing Clerk. This requirement is in addition to the applicable service of documentation re- quirements contained in § 305.5(b)(2). The Review Officer shall exercise all other powers and duties prescribed or delegated to him under the Act or this part.
Review Officer. In the case of positive tests, the MRO will attempt to contact employees to review preliminary 38 positive test results with employees and any relevant health care providers before the results are reported to the 39 County. Based on his or her professional judgment, he or she may change the preliminary test result to 40 negative. The County will not be able to distinguish a test result that is negative by MRO intervention from any 41 other negative result. 42 43 b. In addition to compliance with federal guidelines, the following safeguards will 44 also be applied: 45
