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Follow-up Testing, The Company will conduct follow-up testing, as a series of tests that occur after an employee <br />eturns to covered safety -sensitive work, following a negative result on the return -to -duty drug and/or alcohol <br />tests. Follow-up testing, as a minimum, will be for the substance associated with the violation. In addition, follow-up <br />testing may be for both drugs and alcohol, as directed by the SAP's written follow-up testing plan. <br />Follow-up testing is the Company's responsibility to conduct. The number and frequency of the follow- up tests will <br />be determined by the SAP, but shall consist of at least six tests in the first 12 months following the covered <br />safety -sensitive employee's return to duty. The follow-up plan will give both the number of tests and their <br />frequency; the Company will select the actual day and time of the test and the tests are unannounced. Testing <br />will only be conducted for an employee during, just before, or after his/herperformance of DOT functions. <br />Follow-up testing shall not exceed 60 months from the date of the covered employee's return to duty. The SAP <br />may terminate the requirement for follow-up testing at any time after the first six tests have been administered, if <br />the SAP determines that such testing is no longer necessary. <br />2. Alcohol Test <br />Compliance. The Company will follow Part 40 procedures for alcohol testing. A full description of DOT alcohol <br />testing requirements can be found in Part 40, Subpart J ("Alcohol Testing Personnel"); Subpart K ("Testing Sites, <br />Forms, Equipment and Supplies Used in Alcohol Testing"); Subpart L ("Alcohol Screening Tests'); Subpart M <br />("Alcohol Confirmation Tests'); and, Subpart N ("Problems in Alcohol Testing"). These procedures apply to all DOT <br />alcohol tests regardless of the reason for the test. <br />Personnel and Testing Devices. The Company will only use qualifie <br />Alcohol Technicians (BAT) for DOT alcohol tests. Technicians <br />training every five years. The technicians will subscribe to the <br />on any changes to the DOT alcohol and drug testing regulatic <br />test using DOT -approved devices. Devices are approved by the M <br />(NHTSA), an agency of DOT, and placed on the Conforming Prod <br />Company will be maintained according to the particular manufac <br />Plan (CAP). External calibration checks will be performed at the <br />Screening Test Technicians (STT) or Breath <br />11 complete requalification/certification <br />ID list -serve website to keep current <br />s. These technicians will only conduct the <br />onal Highway Traffic Safety Administration <br />cts List (CPL).14 The devices used by the <br />ire specifications in the Quality Assurance <br />ntervals specified in the manufacturer's <br />Testing Site, Forms, and Specimen. The Company will provide the employee with the specific location where the <br />test will take place. Tests will be conducted in an area to prevent unauthorized people from hearing or seeing <br />the employee's test result, The Company will remind the employee that failure to sign the DOT Alcohol Testing <br />Form (ATF) at the instruction of the testing technician will be viewed as a refusal to test. The alcohol screening <br />test may be conducted with breath or saliva, as applicable for the device used by the testing technician. Only <br />breath will be used for the confirmation test, which is conducted by a BAT using an EBT. <br />Test. The Company will inform the employee that they are required to carry and present a current valid picture ID, <br />such as a driver's license, passport, or employer -issued picture ID to the testing site. The testing technician will <br />perform a screening test and show the employee the test result. If the screening test result is an alcohol <br />concentration of less than 0.02, no further testing is authorized, and there is no DOT action to be taken. The <br />technician will document the result on the ATF, provide the employee a copy and also provide the Company and/or <br />the Company's C/TPA a copy. If the screening test result is 0.02 or greater, the employee will be required to take a <br />confirmation test, which can only be administered by a BAT using an EBT. The BAT will wait at least 15-minutes, <br />but not more than 30 minutes, before conducting the confirmation test. During that time, the employee will not be <br />allowed to eat, drink, smoke, belch, put anything in their mouth or leave the testing area. Leaving the testing area <br />without authorization may be considered a refusal to test. The BAT will perform an "air blank" (which must read <br />0.00) on the EBT device to ensure that there is no residual alcohol in the EBT or in the air around it. The <br />confirmation test result is the final result of the test, and the will be shown to the employee and on the printout <br />from the EBT. If the result is less than 0.02, no action is taken under Part 199. Any result of 0.02 or greater will be <br />mmediately reported to the Company. <br />�� National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Conforming Products List for Evidential Breath Measurement Devices. <br />Premium Concrete Services, Inc.- PHMSA DRUG/ALCOHOL PLAN 30 <br />C) NATIONAL GOMPI IANCE NA�IAGEP,AE�IT SERVICE, INC. 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