Common use of Second Test Clause in Contracts

Second Test. The laboratory shall save a sufficient portion of each specimen in a manner approved by SAMHSA so that an Employee may have a second test performed. Immediately after the specimen is collected, it will be labeled and then initialed by the Employee and a witness. If the sample must be collected at a site other than the drug and/or alcohol testing laboratory, the specimen shall then be placed in a transportation container. The container shall be sealed in the Employee's presence and the Employee shall be asked to initial or sign the container. The container shall be sent to the designated testing laboratory on that day or the earliest business day by the fastest available method. Any Employee whose specimen is tested positive and who challenges a test result may have the second portion of the sample tested at his/her expense and at a laboratory agreed upon by the Employee and the MRO so long as that laboratory is SAMHSA certified and has been or is approved by the parties and the Employee requests the second test within seventy-two (72) hours of notice of a positive result. If the second test is negative, the Employee will be considered to have been tested negative. Cut-Off Levels. SAMHSA standards for cut-off levels will be complied with when applicable. The cut-off levels for both the screening and confirmatory tests shall be per Federal standards as determined by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS"). Only tests which are positive pursuant to the SAMHSA standards shall be reported to the Medical Review Officer as positive. A .04 blood/alcohol level or above shall be considered to be positive. Medical Review Officer. A Medical Review Officer ("MRO") shall verify all positive test results. The MRO must be a licensed physician. The MRO shall be a member of the American Society of Addictive Medicine ("ASAM") if available. If no ASAM members are available, the MRO shall be certified by the Medical Review Officers' Certification Council. The Union shall approve all MRO's. Upon verification of a positive test result, the MRO shall refer the affected Employee to TARP for assessment and referral to treatment, if appropriate.

Second Test. The laboratory shall save a sufficient portion of each specimen in a manner approved by SAMHSA XXXXXX so that an Employee may have a second test performed. Immediately after the specimen is collected, it will be labeled and then initialed by the Employee and a witness. If the sample must be collected at a site other than the drug and/or alcohol testing laboratory, the specimen shall then be placed in a transportation container. The container shall be sealed in the Employee's presence and the Employee shall be asked to initial or sign the container. The container shall be sent to the designated testing laboratory on that day or the earliest business day by the fastest available method. Any Employee whose specimen is tested positive and who challenges a test result may have the second portion of the sample tested at his/her expense and at a laboratory agreed upon by the Employee and the MRO so long as that laboratory is SAMHSA XXXXXX certified and has been or is approved by the parties and the Employee requests the second test within seventy-two (72) hours of notice of a positive result. If the second test is negative, the Employee will be considered to have been tested negative. Cut-Off Levels. SAMHSA standards for cut-off levels will be complied with when applicable. The cut-off levels for both the screening and confirmatory tests shall be per Federal standards as determined by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS"). Only DHHS").Only tests which are positive pursuant to the SAMHSA standards shall be reported to the Medical Review Officer as positive. A .04 blood/alcohol level or above shall be considered to be positive. Medical Review Officer. A Medical Review Officer ("MRO") shall verify all positive test results. The MRO must be a licensed physician. The MRO shall be a member of the American Society of Addictive Medicine ("ASAM") if available. If no ASAM members are available, the MRO shall be certified by the Medical Review Officers' Certification Council. The Union shall approve all MRO's. Upon verification of a positive test result, the MRO Employer shall refer the affected Employee to TARP ARP for assessment and referral to treatment, if appropriate. Consent Form. Any Employee directed to submit to a test in accordance with this Policy will sign a consent and release form, a copy of which is attached hereto (Form "A"). The consent and release form will only authorize (1) the facility where the specimen is collected to collect the specimen, (2) the laboratory which performs the test to perform the test and to provide the results to the MRO, and, if negative, to the Individual Employer, and (3) the MRO to verify tests and report to the Individual Employer whether the test is positive or negative. The consent and release form shall notify the Employee that he/she may have a Union representative present if available. Substances to be Tested For. A specimen may be tested for alcohol, marijuana (THCA), opioids, cocaine, phencyclidines (PCP) and amphetamines, or the by-products of these substances. A specimen shall not be tested for anything else. If DOT revises its list of substances for which it requires Individual Employer to test, this Section will be revised to include those substances. The laboratory will report positive test results to the MRO. The MRO will verify whether the test is positive or negative. The MRO shall report to the Individual Employer whether the Employee tested positive or negative for one of these substances. The MRO will not identify the substance(s) for which the Employee tested positive unless specifically required to do so by DOT regulations. Urine, Blood, or Breath Test. The Individual Employer may direct the Employee to submit to a urine test or at the Employee's request, a blood test for alcohol and/or other drugs, or a breath test for alcohol.

Second Test. The laboratory shall save a sufficient portion of each specimen in a manner approved by SAMHSA XXXXXX so that an Employee may have a second test performed. Immediately after the specimen is collected, it will be labeled and then initialed by the Employee and a witness. If the sample must be collected at a site other than the drug and/or alcohol testing laboratory, the specimen shall then be placed in a transportation container. The container shall be sealed in the Employee's presence and the Employee shall be asked to initial or sign the container. The container shall be sent to the designated testing laboratory on that day or the earliest business day by the fastest available method. Any Employee whose specimen is tested positive and who challenges a test result may have the second portion of the sample tested at his/her expense and at a laboratory agreed upon by the Employee and the MRO so long as that laboratory is SAMHSA XXXXXX certified and has been or is approved by the parties and the Employee requests the second test within seventy-two (72) hours of notice of a positive result. If the second test is negative, the Employee will be considered to have been tested negative. Cut-Off Levels. SAMHSA standards for cut-off levels will be complied with when applicable. The cut-cut- off levels for both the screening and confirmatory tests shall be per Federal standards as determined by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS"). Only tests which are positive pursuant to the SAMHSA standards shall be reported to the Medical Review Officer as positive. A .04 blood/alcohol level or above shall be considered to be positive. Medical Review Officer. A Medical Review Officer ("MRO") shall verify all positive test results. The MRO must be a licensed physician. The MRO shall be a member of the American Society of Addictive Medicine ("ASAM") if available. If no ASAM members are available, the MRO shall be certified by the Medical Review Officers' Certification Council. The Union shall approve all MRO's. Upon verification of a positive test result, the MRO shall refer the affected Employee to TARP for assessment and referral to treatment, if appropriate.

Second Test. The laboratory shall save a sufficient portion of each specimen in a manner approved by SAMHSA so that an Employee may have a second test performed. Immediately after the specimen is collected, it will be labeled and then initialed by the Employee and a witness. If the sample must be collected at a site other than the drug and/or alcohol testing laboratory, the specimen shall then be placed in a transportation container. The container shall be sealed in the Employee's presence and the Employee shall be asked to initial or sign the container. The container shall be sent to the designated testing laboratory on that day or the earliest business day by the fastest available method. Any Employee whose specimen is tested positive and who challenges a test result may have the second portion of the sample tested at his/her expense and at a laboratory agreed upon by the Employee and the MRO so long as that laboratory is SAMHSA certified and has been or is approved by the parties and the Employee requests the second test within seventy-two (72) hours of notice of a positive result. If the second test is negative, the Employee will be considered to have been tested negative. Cut-Off Levels. SAMHSA standards for cut-off levels will be complied with when applicable. The cut-off levels for both the screening and confirmatory tests shall be per Federal standards as determined by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS"). Only tests which are positive pursuant to the SAMHSA standards shall be reported to the Medical Review Officer as positive. A .04 blood/alcohol level or above shall be considered to be positive. Medical Review Officer. A Medical Review Officer ("MRO") shall verify all positive test results. The MRO must be a licensed physician. The MRO shall be a member of the American Society of Addictive Medicine ("ASAM") if available. If no ASAM members are available, the MRO shall be certified by the Medical Review Officers' Certification Council. The Union shall approve all MRO's. Upon verification of a positive test result, the MRO shall refer the affected Employee to TARP for assessment and referral to treatment, if appropriate. Consent Form. Any Employee directed to submit to a test in accordance with this Policy will sign a consent and release form, a copy of which is attached hereto (Form "A"). The consent and release form will only authorize (1) the facility where the specimen is collected to collect the specimen, (2) the laboratory which performs the test to perform the test and to provide the results to the MRO, and, if negative, to the Individual Employer, and (3) the MRO to verify tests and report to the Individual Employer whether the test is positive or negative and (4) the presence of a Job Xxxxxxx if available and requested. The consent and release form shall notify the Employee that he/she may have a Union representative present if available. Substances to be Tested For. A specimen may be tested for alcohol, cannabinoids (THC), opiates, cocaine, phencyclidines (PCP), amphetamines, or the by-products of these substances. A specimen shall not be tested for anything else.

Second Test. The laboratory shall save a sufficient portion of each specimen in a manner approved by SAMHSA XXXXXX so that an Employee may have a second test performed. Immediately after the specimen is collected, it will be labeled and then initialed by the Employee and a witness. If the sample must be collected at a site other than the drug and/or alcohol testing laboratory, the specimen shall then be placed in a transportation container. The container shall be sealed in the Employee's presence and the Employee shall be asked to initial or sign the container. The container shall be sent to the designated testing laboratory on that day or the earliest business day by the fastest available method. Any Employee whose specimen is tested positive and who challenges a test result may have the second portion of the sample tested at his/her expense and at a laboratory agreed upon by the Employee and the MRO so long as that laboratory is SAMHSA XXXXXX certified and has been or is approved by the parties and the Employee requests the second test within seventy-two (72) hours of notice of a positive result. If the second test is negative, the Employee will be considered to have been tested negative. Cut-Off Levels. SAMHSA standards for cut-off levels will be complied with when applicable. The cut-cut- off levels for both the screening and confirmatory tests shall be per Federal standards as determined by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS"). Only tests which are positive pursuant to the SAMHSA standards shall be reported to the Medical Review Officer as positive. A .04 blood/alcohol level or above shall be considered to be positive. Medical Review Officer. A Medical Review Officer ("MRO") shall verify all positive test results. The MRO must be a licensed physician. The MRO shall be a member of the American Society of Addictive Medicine ("ASAM") if available. If no ASAM members are available, the MRO shall be certified by the Medical Review Officers' Certification Council. The Union shall approve all MRO's. Upon verification of a positive test result, the MRO shall refer the affected Employee to TARP for assessment and referral to treatment, if appropriate. Consent Form. Any Employee directed to submit to a test in accordance with this Policy will sign a consent and release form, a copy of which is attached hereto (Form "A"). The consent and release form will only authorize (1) the facility where the specimen is collected to collect the specimen, (2) the laboratory which performs the test to perform the test and to provide the results to the MRO, and, if negative, to the Individual Employer, and (3) the MRO to verify tests and report to the Individual Employer whether the test is positive or negative and (4) the presence of a Job Xxxxxxx if available and requested. The consent and release form shall notify the Employee that he/she may have a Union representative present if available. Substances to be Tested For. A specimen may be tested for alcohol, cannabinoids (THC), opiates, cocaine, phencyclidines (PCP), amphetamines, or the by-products of these substances. A specimen shall not be tested for anything else.