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purpose of this policy; specimen is defined m urine.
<br />• Specimen bottle means the bottle that, after being sealed and labeled
<br />according to the procedures in this policy, is used to hold the urine specimen
<br />during transportation to the laboratory.
<br />• Split specimen memsapan oftheurinespecimen that issent toafirst
<br />laboratory and retained unopened, and which is hampooed to a second
<br />laboratory in the event that the employee requests that it be tested following a
<br />verified positive lest critic, primary specimen or a verified adulterated or
<br />substituted lest resull.
<br />• Substituted sneclmcn_ means a specimen with crealinine and specific gravity ralucs
<br />that are so diminished Wan they are not consistent With human urine.
<br />• Tesfine levels means levels at or above wheat a specimen is determined to be positive,
<br />and below when a specimen is determined to be negative.
<br />• Third Party Administrator TPA means an entity that provides orcoordin des one
<br />or more dmg mWor alcohol testing services to employers. A TPA typically provides
<br />or coordinates the provision Ora number of such somices and performs administrative
<br />tasks concerning the operation of dmg and alcohol testing programs for employers.
<br />This tenor includes, but is not limited to, groups of employers who join togetherto
<br />administer, as asingle entity, the drug and alcohol testing programs of its members
<br />(e.g., having a combined random testing pool).
<br />• Verified test means a drug lest result or validity testing result from a DIIHS-certihed
<br />laboratory that has undergone review and final determination by the MRO.
<br />DRUG TESTING
<br />BCRC hill provide an identification card to each participant which will reflect the results of the
<br />Drug & Alcohol Screen Test from the laboratory and as confirmed by the Medical Review Officer
<br />(MRO). To implement sit appropriate and acceptable progrant, BCRC has adopted six (6)
<br />safeguards that reflect the standards established bythe U.S. Department of Health and Human
<br />Services (DHHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for
<br />testing mandated by the U.S. Department of Transportation. '€hose sneguards are as follows:
<br />I. The integrity of collected urine specimens will be ensured by ulilizalionof
<br />one collection procedure at all sites. Samples will be collected in
<br />accordance with federal standards that provide foraconlinuous chain of
<br />custody and which recognize privacy concerns regarding the individuals
<br />being tested.
<br />2_ Testing will be conducted only by accredited labs that hn a obtained and
<br />retained DHHS certification.
<br />3. All specimens that are posilive in an initial screen must Wen beconfirmed
<br />by gas chromalogrophy/mass spectrometry (GCIMS). GCIM confirmation
<br />is theslale-oflhaarl dmg testing technology, providing a fingerprint oribe
<br />detected dmg
<br />4. If the result of We screening test indicates an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or greater, a
<br />Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT) vvill perform a confirmatory lest, no less than fifteen
<br />(15) and no more than thirty' (30) minutes if er the completion of We screening last.
<br />S. If We confirmatory test is positive (0.04 and above, BrAC), We Breath Alcohol
<br />Technician (BAT) shall immediately rmul5, the BCRC/Emplayers DER.
<br />6. Results of additional tests arranged by an employee, orrequeaed by a medical
<br />practitioner, will not be considered. This includes testing of blood samples, hair samples,
<br />DNA, or ore)' other testing methods or protoco€s,
<br />Costs related 10 drug and alcohol testing Hill be home bythe program except for re-lesting of
<br />disputed test msulls by an employee. The issue of payment forthe employee's lime vvill be
<br />categorized as follows:
<br />I. For new or current union members or employees seeking an initial test, the Lest is a
<br />condition of empioyanenl, and employees in the BCRC Program will not be Paid for
<br />their time in providing aspecimen for tie initial test.
<br />2. All current employees who are to lest for any of the following= Lale Random,
<br />Probable Cause, Post -Accident, Diluted Re -Test, Roum-to-Duly, or Follmv'-up
<br />Testing or Relest due to a flarved or rejected test, will not he paid for lheirtime in
<br />providing a specimen for -the test
<br />3. Employees will be paid a (forty -dollar) $40 stipend by the program for the time
<br />necessary to secure subsequent random testing required by the program. 11 is
<br />understood that such lusting will occur on the employee's time. Test to be taken
<br />with seven (7) days o€notice.
<br />4. Non-Barga€ning and Pipe Fitter's; trade code 14 are exempt from the stipend
<br />reimbursement
<br />A Medical Review Officer(MRO) rill review all dmg test positives prior
<br />to verificalion o€positive test results. The MRO is a physician nips
<br />specially training and expertise in substance abuse and drug testing. The
<br />MRO will review confirmed positivetest results to ersumproper
<br />procedure, prolocol, and reporting. The MRO +till €mervieve the individual
<br />who has a confirmed positiveint result by telephone (o investigate
<br />whether a legal prescription has caused Ihespecimen to lest Positive If the
<br />individual has no legal prescription, the MRO will take appropriate steps to
<br />report a rerified positive totho BCRC Program Administrator, who vvi€t
<br />then invalidate the employee's certification card. All persons who have
<br />tested positive must have their return to work cleared by the GAP.
<br />All positive specimens will be retained Frozen in a locked Facility nt the
<br />testing laboratory for one (I)year, The retained specimens will be
<br />available should the results of that test be disputed or should arbitration or
<br />litigation arise out of the actioas taken because of the test results.
<br />On a periodic basis, BCRC will submit blind pre -tested urine samples with
<br />appropriate documentation to thedmg-testing laboratory as a means of
<br />assuring itself of laboratory proficiency.
<br />DRUG GROUP
<br />The dmg-testing program
<br />will lest forthe following drugs at theselexels:
<br />Anatyte
<br />Inital Screening.
<br />Qniirmatmy lest
<br />Amphetamines
<br />LOW ngrmL
<br />500 np/mL
<br />Cocaine
<br />300ng1mL
<br />150nghnL
<br />Madjumn
<br />50 ngrmL
<br />€5 nglmL
<br />Opiates
<br />2000 nglnlL
<br />20M ag1m4
<br />Phencyclidine
<br />25 nglmL
<br />25 ngrmr.
<br />Barbiturates
<br />300 nglmL
<br />200 ng/mL
<br />Benzodiazelimes
<br />300 npjmL
<br />200 nglmL
<br />Methadone
<br />300 ng1mL
<br />200 ng1mL
<br />Propoxyphene
<br />300 ng/mL
<br />200 ng1mL
<br />MDA-ANALOGUES
<br />(Ecstasy) 250 rig/ail.
<br />200ng/mL
<br />ALCOHIOL TESTING
<br />Alcohol tests (screening and confirmatory) will be performed on a device that appears on
<br />the National Highway Traffic Safcly Administration's (NHTSA) Conforming Products
<br />List (CPL) and that meets the DDT's testing requirements.
<br />When a specific time for an employee's lest has been scheduled, and the employee does
<br />no(appear at the collection site at the scheduled time, the Breath Alcohol Technician
<br />(BAT) will contact the Designated Employer Representative (DER), who may deterinme
<br />that the employee has refused to be tested.
<br />For alcohol testing (screening and confirmatory), a breath sample will be collected and
<br />analyzed by a Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT) using an Evidentird Breath Testing
<br />device (EBT), For the screening lest, a breath sample may be collected by the Screening
<br />Test Technician (ST1), using an Alcohol Screening Device (ASD).
<br />INITIAL TESTING (PRE -EMPLOYMENT)
<br />Prospective employees and current employees of BCRC affiliated employers will be subject to the
<br />BCRC program. All persons who are eligible and who intend to obtain a BCRC card will be
<br />instructed to report to on approved BCRC collection site and to provide a urine specimen for initial
<br />(pre,employment) testing and aclear status before starting work forany participating employer. The
<br />individual will be directed by BCRC or by their employer, to report lu a BCRC approved collection
<br />site location. These selected collection sites will have collection hits, chain -of -custody farms, and
<br />all othernecessary supplies.
<br />RANDOM TESTING
<br />AOer the individual's completion of the initial dmg test (with a negative result), helshe will be
<br />placed in the Random Pool aftervvidchh0she will be notified via U.S. in" to report to an approved
<br />collection site for a random drug lest. The individuals chosen fora random dmg test will be selected
<br />anon)miowly, from a mmpulerized selection program. Fifty percent (5tP/o) of We currently active
<br />BCRC individual cardholders will be selected annually for random testing, Then, on a monody
<br />basis, one-twe€flh (1f12) of the selected employees will be notified to submit to a random lest in
<br />order to update their BCRC identification cards and slmus. A copy of the form letters notifying
<br />individuals of their selection for this random lest appears w an attachment A, B & C at the back of
<br />this booklet.
<br />Employees will be required to report to an approved collection site within seven (7) days front the
<br />date of the Notice for Random Testing letter in order to maintain Weir BCRC identification card and
<br />status. No employee will bo required to submit to a random lest mom than twice (2) in a twelve (12)
<br />month period. All employees will be selected for a randont at least once (I) every two (2) years.
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