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The STT or BAT will note on the ATF the reason for the new test. If efforts to get the ASD to work properly fail, <br />the technician will direct the employee to take a new test immediately, using an EBT for the screening test. <br />Devices, swabs, gloves or other materials used in the prior saliva or breath tube testing will not be used in <br />subsequent tests. <br />Alcohol Screening Results. A result with an alcohol concentration of less than 0.02 will be recorded on the ATF; <br />the result will be transmitted in a confidential manner, to the DER with the test concluded without consequence. <br />A result with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or higher requires the employee to take a confirmation test. If the same <br />BAT who conducted the alcohol screening test will also conduct the confirmation test, the test will begin immediately. <br />If a different BAT will conduct the confirmation test, the technician conducting the screening test will direct the <br />employee to the site where the test will take place. The technician will also advise the employee not to eat, drink, <br />put anything (e.g., cigarette, chewing gum) into the employee's mouth, or belch, during the 15-minute waiting period <br />until the test occurs. The different BAT will require positive identification of the employee, explain the confirmation <br />procedures, and use a new ATF. The BAT will note on the "Remarks' line of the ATF that a different BAT or STT <br />conducted the screening test. The employee will be observed by the technician or an employer representative on the <br />way to the confirmation testing site. The employee will be directed not to attempt to drive a motor vehicle to the <br />confirmation testing site. <br />Alcohol Confirmation Test. <br />All alcohol confirmation tests will be conducted by BATS using EBTs. The BAT will ensure that the time since <br />the screening test has been at least 15 minutes, and the employee has been advised not to eat, drink, put <br />anything (e.g., cigarette, chewing gum) into the employee's mouth, or belch. The BAT will conduct an air <br />blank on the EBT in the presence of the employee. The reading must be 0.00 for the test to proceed. If the <br />reading is greater than 0.00, another air blank must be conducted; the EBT must not be used (taken out of service) <br />if the second reading is greater than 0.00. The EBT cannot be used for testing until it is found to be within tolerance <br />limits on an external check of calibration. A new sealed mouthpiece will be opened, in view of the employee, and <br />used for the test. The employee will be instructed to blow steadily and forcefully into the mouthpiece for at least six <br />seconds or until the device indicates that an adequate amount of breath has been obtained. The results will be <br />shown to the employee and printed for application to the ATF. <br />Alcohol Confirmation Results. If the alcohol confirmation test result is lower than 0.02, nothing further is required <br />of the employee. If the alcohol confirmation test result is 0.02 or higher, the BAT will immediately transmit the <br />result directly to the DER in a confidential manner. <br />Problems in Alcohol Testing. ,The Plan addresses the situations in which an employee has refused to take an <br />alcohol test. See Section IV.6, "DOT. Alcohol Violations and Prohibited Conduct." In situations where an employee <br />is unable to provide sufficient saliva to complete a screening test, the Company will ensure that the employee <br />takes a breath test immediately. In situations where an employee is unable to provide sufficient breath to complete <br />a test, the employee will be sent for an evaluation, within five days, by a licensed physician who is acceptable to <br />the Company. The physician will have expertise in the medical issues raised by the employee's failure to provide <br />a breath specimen, as well as be apprised of the consequences of the appropriate DOT agency regulation for <br />refusing to take the required alcohol test. The physician will provide the Company with a signed statement of their <br />conclusions. If it is the reasonable medical judgment of the physician, that a medical condition has, orwith a high <br />degree of probability could have, precluded the employee from providing a sufficient amount of breath, the test <br />will be canceled by the Company. If there is not an adequate basis for determining that a medical condition <br />has, or with a high degree of probability could have, precluded the employee from providing a sufficient amount of <br />breath, this constitutes a refusal to test. <br />Premium Concrete Services, Inc.- PHMSA DRUGIALCOHOL PLAN 32 <br />l� IVAiIONAL COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SERVICp, INC. (NCMS) �0� 1 (update 202t i. The IICPA$ plan is <br />Itto s,rbject of a r¢glsterod copynyhr and Is pmlecletl by copyright larks in Ilse U S. and eis'a,vl:ere. Ail rigM1ts <br />reserved <br />