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Alcohol Testin <br />1. Alcohol tests (screening and confirmatory) will be performed on a device that appears <br />on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Conforming <br />Products List (CPL) and that meets the DOT'S testing requirements. <br />2. When a specific time for an employee's test has been scheduled, and the employee <br />does not appear at the collection site at the scheduled time, the Breath Alcohol <br />Technician (BAT) will contact the Designated Employer Representative (DER), who <br />may determine that the employee has ref4sed to be tested. <br />3. For alcohol testing (screening and confirmatory), a breath sample will be collected <br />and analyzed by a Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT) using an Evidential Breath <br />Testing device (EBT). For the screening test, a breath sample may be collected by <br />the Screening Test Technician (S`l T), using an Alcohol Screening Device (ASD). <br />4. If the result of the screening test indicates an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or greater, <br />a Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT) will perform a confirmatory test, no less than <br />fifteen (15) and no more than thirty (30) minutes after the completion of the screening <br />test. <br />5. If the confirmatory test is positive (0.04 and above, BrAC), the Breath Alcohol <br />Technician (BAT) shall immediately notify the BCRC/Employers DER. <br />6. Results of additional tests arranged by an employee, or requested by a medical <br />practitioner, will not be considered. This includes testing of blood samples, hair <br />samples, DNA, or any other testing methods or protocols. <br />PAYMENT FOR TESTING <br />Costs related to drug and alcohol testing will be borne by the program except for re- <br />testing of disputed test results by an employee. The issue of payment for the employee's <br />time will be categorized as follows: <br />l . For new or current union members or employees seeking an initial test, the test is a <br />condition of employment, and employees in the BCRC Program will not be paid for <br />their time tin providing a specimen for the initial test. <br />2. All current employees who are to test for any of the following: Late Random, <br />Probable Cause, Post -Accident, Diluted Re -Test, Return -to -Duty, or Follow-up <br />Testing or Retest due to a flowed or rejected test, will not be paid for their time in <br />providing a specimen for the test. <br />3. Employees will be paid a (forty -dollar) $40. Stipend by the program for the time <br />necessary to secure subsequent random testing required by the program. It is <br />understood that such testing will occur on the employee's time. Test to be taken with <br />seven (7) days of notice. <br />4. Non -Bargaining and Pipe fitter's; trade code 14 are exempt from the stipend <br />reimbursement. <br />INITIAL TESTING (PREE-EMPLOYME SIT <br />Prospective employees and current employees of BCRC affiliated employers will be <br />subject to the BCRC program. All persons who are eligible and who intend to obtain a <br />IN <br />