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All test results from the laboratory will be reported to a Medical Review Officer (MRO). The MRO is a licensed physician with detailed knowledge of substance abuse disorders and drug testing. The MRO is knowledgeable of MRO guidelines and 49 CFR Part 49 operating administration regulations. The MRO must obtain the appropriate qualification training, satisfactorily complete an examination, and annually complete twelve (12) hours of professional development related to MRO functions as mandated in 49 CFR Part 40. The MRO will review all test results to ensure the scientific validity of the test and to determine whether there is a legitimate medical explanation for a confirmed positive test result. The MRO will contact the employee, notify him/her of the positive laboratory result, and provide the employee with an opportunity to explain the confirmed test result. The MRO will subsequently review the employee's medical history/records to determine whether there is a legitimate medical explanation for the positive test result. If no legitimate medical explanation is found, the test will be verified positive and reported to TGB UNLIMITED, INC. DBA S/T BANCROFT ELECTRIC's Designated Employee Representative(DER). If a legitimate medical explanation isfound, the MRO will report the test as negative. If the MRO indicates that a recollection under direction observation is required because of creatinine concentration of the specimen was equal to or greater than 2mg/dL but less than or equal to 5 mg1dL, TGB UNLIMITED, INC. DBA S/T BANCROFT ELECTRIC must immediately instruct the employee to undergo a recollection under direct observation. Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs, 49 CFR Part 40, rules out the possibility that employers do not receive a report indicating a substituted specimen for donors who may naturally produce low creatinine levels. If the creatinine concentration of the dilute specimen is greater than 5 mg/dL but less than or equal to 20 mg/dL, TGB UNLIMITED, INC. DBA S/T BANCROFT ELECTRIC will direct the employee to take another test immediately. Such collections will be unobserved, unless there is another basis for use of direct observation (i.e. 49 CFR Part 40.67(b)). A refusal to submit to the second test will be deemed a refusal to test and a violation of DOT regulations. The result of the second test will be the result of record. If the second testis also dilute negative, TGB UNLIMITED, INC. DBA S/T BANCROFT ELECTRIC will not make the employee take a third test, unless the MRO directs a recollection under direct observation. The split specimen sample will be stored at the initial laboratory until the analysis of the primary specimen is complete. If the primary specimen is negative, the split sample will be discarded. However, if the primary specimen is positive, the split sample specimen will be retained by the initial laboratory for testing if so requested by the employee through the MRO within 72 hours of being notified. The split sample specimen, if requested to be tested, will be sent to an alternate certified laboratory for testing, at the expense of the employee or applicant. 7