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Canceled test means a drug or alcohol test that has a problem identified that carmat
<br />be or has not been corrected. A canceled test is neither a positive nor a negative test,
<br />An employer is not permitted to take adverse job action based on a canceled test.
<br />• Card Matinee r is the individual designated by each employer who hats [lie authority to
<br />access data information that Will confirm the status of employees through the call -in
<br />syaleny through the HCRC scanner by sMping employees' idenlificalian cards, or by
<br />electronic a -mail.
<br />• Chain of custadv means due procedure used to document the handling of the
<br />specimen from the lime The employee gives the specimen to the collector until the
<br />specimen is destroyed.
<br />• Collection container means a container into which [he employee urinates to provide
<br />the specimen for n drug test.
<br />• Collec&an site aeons a place designated by BCRC where individuals present
<br />themselves far the purpose of providing a specimen to be analyzed for the presence of
<br />controlled substances, or for purposes of providing breath sample to be analyzed far
<br />alcohol concentration.
<br />• Collector means a person who instructs and assists employees at a collection site,
<br />,situ receives and makes an initial inspecsion of We specimen provided by those
<br />employees, and who initiates and eompleles necessmr• forms.
<br />• Company means an employer who is a member of Building and Construction
<br />Resource Center.
<br />• Confirmation (or confintrntaryl datelest means a second (2) analytical procedure
<br />Performed on a urine specimen to identify and quantify the presence of a specific drug
<br />or drug metabolite,
<br />• Confirmation (or eunfirrmikuyl validity lest means a second tell performed on a
<br />mine specimen to further support a validity test result
<br />• Confinmed drug lest means a confirmation lest result received by an MRO from a
<br />laboratory.
<br />• Confirmatory lest
<br />a) For alcohol testing, a confirmatory lest is a second lest following a screening test
<br />with a result of (m.02 or greater, conducted 15-30 minutes later, dial provides
<br />quantitative data ofalcohol concentration. This test is conducted on an ERT.
<br />b) For controlled substances testing, a confirmatory test is a second anahyticid
<br />procedure to idenli€yy the presence of a specific drug or nielabolile. This
<br />confirmatory lest Is independent of the initial test and uses a different technique
<br />and chenticai principle from that of the screwing lest in order to ensure reliability
<br />and accuracy.
<br />• Contractor onrticipunt means m employer w]iD is a contributing member of
<br />Building and Construction Resource Center
<br />• Controlled Substance means marijuana (THC), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine
<br />(PCP), amphetamines (including methamphelantines), barbiturates, lemodimepine,
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<br />• Invalid drug test means die result of a drug test for a urine specimen dial contains an
<br />unidentified adullerml or an unidcnlifed interfering substance, has abnormal physical
<br />chaacterislics, or has an endogenous substance at an abnormal concentration that
<br />prevents the laboratory front compicting or obltdning a valid drug lest result.
<br />• Labornlai means a U.S. laboratory certified by DHHS under the National
<br />Laboratory Certification Program as meeting true minimum slandads of Subpar) C of
<br />the DHHS Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Dog Testing Programs.
<br />• Licensed medical nractttoner means a person who is licensed, certified, and/or
<br />registered, in accordance with applicable Federal, Slate, local, or foreign laws and
<br />regulations, to prescribe controlled substances and other drugs.
<br />• Atedleal Review Officer means a licensed physician responsible for receiving
<br />laboratory resulls gcneraled by BC]tC's drug hating program who has knowledge of
<br />substance abuse disorders and who has appropriate medical tanning to interpret and
<br />evaluate an individual's confinued positive lest result together With his/her medical
<br />history and any other relevant biomedical information.
<br />• Positive Test (alcohols occurs When an employee's confimtalory test result rcads
<br />0.04 % BrAC or higher.
<br />• Positive Test dnr occurs when an employee's confmpnatory test or retest result is
<br />at or above cutoff levels specified by DHHS and has been verified by the MRO to be
<br />a positive lest.
<br />• Program Administrator means the individual who has administrative
<br />responsibilities for overseeing the drug and alcohol-lesting program for an employer.
<br />The Program Administrator may servo as an employer's DER.
<br />Properly means all employer -owned and/or -leased property, including but not
<br />limited to owned mid/or leased buildings and other real estate, parking lots and
<br />vehicles located on parking lots, and employer -owned and/or -leased vehicles,
<br />lockers, tools, equipment and desks.
<br />• Random selection means a scientifically valid method for selection of employees 10
<br />be tested that result in an equal probability ilia[ any employee from a group of
<br />employees subject to the selection mechanism will be selected, and does not give an
<br />employer the discretion to waive the selection of any employee under the mechanism,
<br />Thus, an employee may not be selected more than twice (2) during a year.
<br />• Refuse to submit (to nn alcohol m• controlled substances tests means dial
<br />an employee:
<br />i> Fails(ed) to appear for any, lest (except a pre -employment test) within a
<br />reasonable time, as determined by the policy, after being directed to do
<br />so by ilia policy;
<br />i Fails(ed) to remain at the testing site mail the testing process is
<br />complete:
<br />S rattled) to provide a urine specimen for rosy drug test required by this
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<br />propoxyphene, methadone and ecstasy.
<br />• OHi1S means the Departmem of Health and Human Services or any designiee of the
<br />Secrelan,, Departmenl of f-€eallh and Human Son -ices.
<br />• DHIIS-annroyed laboialory means a laboratory dial is cenilied by die U.S_
<br />Department of Health and Human Services, Drug tests under this progmnt will be
<br />performed by a DHHS certified laboratory.
<br />• Desieuated Employer Representative IDER4 means the Human Rcsource Manager,
<br />Card Nimager, Program Administrator or sindlar designee efeach employer who
<br />site)] receivo necessary communications related to this progmat
<br />• Dilute specimen means a specimen Willi crealinine and specific grai it), values diet
<br />are loner than expected for human urine,
<br />+ DOT means U.S. Department of Transporlation Many of DOTS standards and
<br />procedures related to drug and alcohol testing are mirrored in BCRC's drug and
<br />alcohol policy.
<br />• Draw mean The substances forwhich tests we required under this policy and include
<br />marijuma (THC), cocaine. Nnphelamines (including m¢Ihamphelamines},
<br />phencyclidine (PCP), opiates, bwbilumica, benzodiazepine, pmpoxypheae,
<br />methadone and ecslaoy.
<br />• Drug test means a lest conducted for controlled substances,
<br />• Employee means m enmplo),ee of a company, or of a conlraclorlemployer participant
<br />who is a member of Building and Construction Resource Center.
<br />• Emolovec Assistance Program (EAP) Counselor means a masters -]ere)
<br />professional with an education in psychology, social work, counseling, etc with
<br />knowledge of and clinical experience in diagnosis and treatment of alcohol aid
<br />controlled substance related disorders. The EAP will assess and make
<br />recommendations concerning education, treatment, follow-up testing and aftercare,
<br />• Emaloveimeans a company, or a conlraclorlemploycr pwticiptust, who is a member
<br />of Building and Construction Resource Center.
<br />• Evidential Breath Testing Device (EBT) means a device approved by NHTSA for
<br />tie evidential testing of breath at lW alcohol concentrations, placed on NHTSA's
<br />Conforming Products List (CPL) for "Evidential Breath Measurement Devices" and
<br />identified on the CPL as confomvog nitro the model specifications available front
<br />NHTSA•s Traffic Safety Program.
<br />• Fiat Occurrence Clouse mevms Wen employee does not report fora random lest, and
<br />it is the fursl lime the employee has failed to report, die Third Party Administrator (TPA)
<br />may allow due employee 10 take the test without reporting to die EAP for further review.
<br />Employees may utilize this clause only one time
<br />• Initial lest (for drugs) means an immunoassay screen to eliminate negative urine
<br />specimens front further consideration.
<br />Initial validity lest means the firsl lest used to determine ifa. specimen is adulterated,
<br />diluted, orsubsliluted.
<br />policy;
<br />In the case of a directly observed ormonilored collection in a drug
<br />lest, fails to permit the obsenalion or monitoring of the employees
<br />provision of a specimen;
<br />r Fails(ed) to provide n sufficient notount of urine when directed, and it
<br />has been determined, through a required medical evaluation, Ihm there
<br />was no acceptable medical explanation for the failure;
<br />> Fails(ed) or declines to lake a second lest lho employer or collector has
<br />directed the employee to lake;
<br />> Fails(ed) to undergo a medical examination or evaluation, as directed
<br />by the NIRO as part of fhe verification process, or as directed by the
<br />policy. In the case o€a pre -employment drug test, the employee is
<br />deemed to have refused to lest on this basis only if the pre-
<br />employment lest is conducted following a contingent offer of
<br />emp€oymenl;
<br />v Fails(ed) to cooperate nth any part of the testing process (e.g., reRue
<br />to amply pockets when so directed by the collector, behaves in a
<br />COnfroalAlionpi was'that disrupts tie cod"Otri process, provides
<br />incorrect or mar"oue information to hue collection site or on
<br />necoSag• farms, or fails to complete all documents);
<br />> Provides a second (2) specimen that is dilute
<br />• Srn•ecnin rink' 1 es me ns•
<br />• In drug testing, a tell to eliminate "negative" urine specimens frons
<br />further analysis or to identify a specimen that regaires additional
<br />testing for lime presence ofdmgs.
<br />• In alcohol testing, an analytical procedure la determine whether an
<br />employee may have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in a
<br />breath specimen
<br />• Sereenine Test Technician ISTT) means a petson who instructs and assists
<br />employees in the alcohol testing process and operates an Alwhol Screening
<br />Device (ASD)_
<br />• ShIpIllng Container means a container that is used for transporting and
<br />protecting urine specimen battles and associated documents from the
<br />collection site to the laboratory
<br />• Specimen means a sample ofurine, used far analysis m&or diagnosis, For the
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