Opening of Bids - Traffic Signal Detection Improvements Proj No. 120-046 - TGB Unlimited, Inc.

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Terms Definitions Direct An observer of the same gender physically watches the donor urinate into the collection Observation container. The observer must be the same gender as the donor --there are no exceptions Procedure to this regulation. If someone else is to observe the collection other than the collector in order to ensure a same gender observer, the observer must verbally instruct that person to follow procedures noted below. The observer must request the driver to raise his or her shirt, blouse, or dress/skirt, as appropriate, above the waist; and lower clothing and underpants to show you, by turning around, that they do not have a prosthetic device. After the observer has determined that the driver does not have such a device, you may permit the driver to return clothing to its proper position for observed urination. The observer must watch the driver urinate into the collection container. Specifically, they are to watch the urine go from the driver's body into the collection container. The observer but not the collector, must not take the collection container from the driver, but must observe the specimen as the driver takes it to the collector. The collector, when someone else has acted as the observer, must include the observer's name in the "Remarks" line of the CCF (Step 2). If the driver declines to allow a directly observed collection required or permitted under this section to occur, this is a refusal to test. Drug Metabolites A chemical that is released from the ingesting process. This is what is checked for in a drug screen. Particular substances produce particular metabolites. Drugs The drugs for which tests are required under this part and DOT agency regulations are marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, phencyclidine (PCP), and opiates. Employee Any person who is designated in a DOT agency regulation as subject to drug testing and/or alcohol testing. The term includes individuals currently performing safety -sensitive functions designated in DOT agency regulations and applicants for employment subject to pre-employment testing. For purposes of drug testing under this part, the term employee has the same meaning as the term "donor" as found on CCF and related guidance materials produced by the Department of Health and Human Services. Employer A person or entity employing one or more employees (including an individual who is self- employed). The term includes an employer's officers, representatives, and management personnel. Service agents are not employers for the purposes of this part. Error Correction Training provided to BATs, collectors, and screening test technicians (STTs) following an Training error that resulted in the cancellation of a drug or alcohol test. Error correction training must be provided in person or by a means that provides real-time observation and interaction between the instructor and trainee. Evidential Breath A device approved by NHTSA for the evidential testing of breath at the .02 and .04 alcohol Testing Device concentrations, placed on NHTSA's Conforming Products List (CPL) for "Evidential Breath Measurement Devices" and identified on the CPL as conforming with the model specifications available from NHTSA's Traffic Safety Program.