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<br />5i I ��A ever". r Ai �S' I means a licensed physician
<br />(Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy), or a licensed or certified
<br />psychologist, social worker, employee assistance professional, or
<br />addiction cowsador(cerfified by the National Association or Alcoholism
<br />and Drug Abuse Counselors Certification Commission INAADACJ or by
<br />the International Certification Reciprocity ComorturmAlcohol & Other
<br />Drug Abuse [!CRC]), or by the National Board of Certified Counselors,
<br />Inc, and Affiliates/ Master Addictions Counselor (NBCC), with
<br />knowledge of and clinical experience in the diagnosis and treatment of
<br />alcohol and controlled substances -related disorders A SAP evaluates
<br />employees who have violated a DOT drug and alcohol regulation and
<br />makes recommendations concerning education, treatment, follow-up
<br />testing, and aftercare,
<br />spinnFrigo means a specimen with creminine and specific
<br />gravity values that are so diminished that they are not consistent with
<br />human mine
<br />U8WXJVS.11 means levels established by the U S DIHIS, at which a
<br />specimen or sample is determined to be either negative or positive,
<br />according to 49 CFR §40, JtqSv�jqVjbql UM ON non 'mL ild C Ob M
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<br />Asprovided inUS Department ol'Transportation rules and regulations,it dther
<br />who must possess a COL shall be subject to pre-employninampre-placement
<br />testing (drug only), and random, reasonable suspicion, post -accident, iraum-to-
<br />duty mid follow-up testing for alcohol and controlled substances
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<br />Every applicant for a driving position who receives ajob offer front a
<br />BCRC contractor pathiciparn, must submit to a mine drug aw Thojob
<br />offer is comingern on the applicant's providing a negative rest result
<br />Each applicant will be asked whether he/she has tested positive, or refused
<br />to test, on any DOT pre -employ meat drug or alcohol rest for a DOT
<br />employer during the previous two years Anapplicant who has previously
<br />tested positive, or refused to be [acted, will not be considered for
<br />employment mill or undo he/she successfully completes D01's return to
<br />duty process (See Section VIII,
<br />DOT does not require a driverhipplicarm to submit to apro-craployment
<br />drug lest if all the following provisions are m& to an employer's
<br />satisfaction
<br />received a SAP's report of compliance, including a follow-up testing
<br />requirement
<br />If the applicant is a current employee who is being transferred to a
<br />position or assignment that requires the driver to possess a COL, a
<br />negative pre-employmeni drug last result must be received before the
<br />employee acauntes, the new position or assignment Ifthe test resift is
<br />posilive, the offer of promotion or transfer will he immediately withdrawn,
<br />and the employee will be subject to rates that the cantilever may have
<br />established in a separate drug and alcohol policy for non -DOT employees
<br />When an employer was, but does not employ a driver to operate a
<br />Commercial Motor Vehicle more than once ayear, the driver will be
<br />required to provide authorization for the employer to obtain verification at
<br />least once ever), six (6) months that the driver is participating in a
<br />qualified drug and alcohol testing program, that there have been no
<br />refusals to be tested for alcohol or controlled substances, the dates the
<br />driver was lot tested for alcohol and/or controlled substances, the results
<br />army tests within the previous six (6) months and any other violation of
<br />prohibited conduct as defined mVI(B) above Iftmemployer isunable m
<br />satisfactorily obtain this inkirmalion, the driver will be recruited to auburn:
<br />to a pro-emptoyment drug fast with a negative test result prior to being
<br />reunited or requested to provide safety -sensitive functions for that
<br />employer
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<br />As soon a, possible following an accident involving commercial motor
<br />vehicle on a public highway, (See Section V[[C], Jbfipqlplfr&l, the
<br />surviving DOT drivers) involved in the accident must be tested for
<br />alcohol and drugs
<br />a. A past -accident alcohol Iasi, when required, mot be adriamiucred
<br />as soon six possible, but within eight (8) hours following the
<br />accident
<br />If testing is required but is not conducted within two (2) news, the
<br />reasons the leg was not conducted must be documented If'testing
<br />is required but is not We to be conducted within the next six (6)
<br />home, Increase., the test was not conducted must again be
<br />documented. After eight (8) boom, there will be no more arempis
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<br />le A post -accident drug test, when required, must be administered as
<br />soon as possible, but ividurt thirty-two (32) hours following the
<br />moment If testing is required but is notable to be conducted
<br />within thirty-two (32) news, the reasons the test was not conducted
<br />muslinsdocumented. After thirty-two (32) hours, there will be no
<br />more attempts to conduct u drug test
<br />a. The employer can verify that the driver has participated in a valid
<br />drag testing program (that meets the requirements of D(Yrrules
<br />and regulations) wilhin the preceding thirty (30) days; and
<br />b while participating in that program, the driver/applicant was either
<br />tested within Inc pot six (6) months or was enrolled in a readcan
<br />selection program for the previous twelve (12) months; and
<br />C no prior employer of whom the employer has knowledge has
<br />record that the driver violated any pan of the DOT rates and
<br />regulations regarding controlled substances use within the kral six
<br />(6) months
<br />If the applicant is a new hire, the testing must be completed, and a
<br />negative lost result must be received, before the driver will be permitted to
<br />provide safety -sensitive function If the pre -employment test result is
<br />positive, the job offer will be immediately withdrawn, and the applicant
<br />will be provided with names ol'qualified SAPS. The applicarrcannot lic
<br />reconsidered unless and until he/she completes a SAP assessment and
<br />recommended assistance (Section Vill, Ne
<br />Conduct)
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<br />An applicant who has previously
<br />v refused to be tested or %%he provided a
<br />positive test result on a DOT pre-employmeril test for controlled
<br />substances for any other employer will be expected to report those last
<br />results at the Orric of milifirruirm, Under each employer's indrainsid-1
<br />authority, failure to do so will constitute gasification of application
<br />information, and when discovered, will result in removal from
<br />consideration for employment, or, if already hired, immediate termination
<br />of employment. An employer who wishes to reconsider the individual for
<br />amplo3 mom w ill make such consideration only after the indn idual has
<br />completed a SAP assessirml, compiled with the SAP's recommendations;
<br />and provided a notatilive result on a Reftan-to-Duly, test
<br />If an applicant has previously complied with . SAP's no-ramendiaicow as
<br />the result of a violation Larder' a pravnmv employer, theapplicant's pre-
<br />employment ymern in[ will be considered to also be a Relum-to-Duty rest
<br />When significant time has lapsed since the SAP's report of compliance, an
<br />ampirour may require in additional, second follow-up evaluation to he
<br />conducted by a SAP, designated by
<br />v, the employer, to verify that the
<br />applicant is currently free of drag we, prior to being considered for hire
<br />The cost of this SAP evaluation will he paid by the employer who requests
<br />it
<br />An applicant is required to sign a form authorizing the hiring employer to
<br />obtain from all previous employers (in the previous three (3]years) a
<br />report of all DGri'violadions, including positive last results and refusals to
<br />forested The hiring employer will also request copies or Substance
<br />Abuse Professional (SAP) reports related to each of these violations A.
<br />applicant with a violation cannot [is hired mill the hiring employer has
<br />A driver who is subleel to post -accident testing shall remain resettle
<br />available for such testing tribe driver is not available for any reason,
<br />except for leaving the accident scene for the period necessary to obtain
<br />assistance in responding to the accident or to obtain necessary emergency
<br />medical care, an employer will consider the driver to have refused to
<br />submit to testing
<br />Under independent authority, a driver who has submitted to a post -
<br />accident rest will be permitted to return to safety -sensitive functions only
<br />at the direction of a supervisor.
<br />Even if highway enforcemool or other officials conduct a drug or alcohol
<br />test imlowing an accident, drivers are still subject to DOT testing under
<br />these employer rules In the event that federal, state, or local officials
<br />conduct breath or blood tests for the we of alcohol and/or urine tests for
<br />the use of controlled sulasatereser following an accident, and a DOT Lost is
<br />required but is not able to be conducted, the tests conducted by law,
<br />enforcement may meet the requirement of this section, provided those
<br />tests conform to applicable federal, stale, or local requirements Each
<br />employer will request test results and other pertinent documentation from
<br />such agencies or law enforcement almocan it", and a driver is required to
<br />sign a release allowing his/her employer to obtain such information
<br />Under each employer's independent authority, refusal to sign such a
<br />relative will be grounds for termination of employment
<br />In the event that a driver is so seriously injured that the driver cannot
<br />provide a sample of urine or breath at the time of the accident, each
<br />employer requires that the driver provide necessary authorization for
<br />his/her employer to obtain hospital records or other documents that would
<br />indicate whether controlled substances or alcohol were present (and the
<br />resulting levels) in the driver's body at the time ofthe accident Unfici
<br />each employer's independent authority, refusal to sam, such a release will
<br />be grounds for termination ofemploymeni
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<br />A percentage or drivers will he subject to random alcohol and drug heating
<br />each year. 'Die percentage of drivers to be posted! will be as determined
<br />annually by FMCSA and published in me &A,"r UkIljoLr in January (At
<br />the effective date or this policy, the minimum annual peicernages are ten
<br />I101 percent of the average number ofdriver positions for alcohol totaling,
<br />and fifty 1501 percent of the average number of driver positions for drug
<br />testing) Selections ofdrivers us be tested shall be done by anientifically
<br />valid method ficaprovides half each driver will have equal chance of
<br />being selected each time the selections no made While tidriver is
<br />subject to testing, the driver's name is never removed front the pool,
<br />Thus, a driver ought be selected more than once during ayear
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