4.130.140 City notification obligations.
A. The DER will:
1. Notify a driver of the results of a pre-employment controlled substance test conducted under this title, if the driver requests such results within 60 calendar days of being notified of the disposition of the employment application;
2. Notify a driver of the results of random, reasonable suspicion and post-accident tests for controlled substances conducted under this title if the test results are verified positive;
3. Make reasonable efforts to contact and request each driver who submitted a specimen under the city’s program, regardless of the driver’s employment status;
4. Contact and discuss the results of the controlled substances test with a medical review officer when the medical review officer has been unable to contact the driver;
5. Immediately notify the medical review officer that the driver has been notified to contact the medical review officer within 72 hours;
6. Request alcohol and controlled substances information from previous employers;
7. Ensure that each driver receives an educational material that explains the requirements of this title with respect to meeting these requirements. Drivers will acknowledge in writing receipt of such information;
8. Include detailed discussion of the following in the materials to be made available to drivers:
a. The identity of the person designated by the city to answer driver questions about the materials;
b. The categories of drivers who are subject to this title;
c. Sufficient information about the safety-sensitive functions performed by those drivers to make clear what period of the work day the driver is required to be in compliance with this policy;
d. Specific information concerning driver conduct that is prohibited by this policy;
9. Supply written notice to representatives of employee organizations of the availability of information;
10. Provide the circumstances under which a driver will be tested for alcohol and/or controlled substances under this chapter, including post-accident testing under this title;
11. Provide the procedures that will be used to test for the presence of alcohol and controlled substances, protect the driver and the integrity of the testing processes, safeguard the validity of the test results, and ensure that those results are attributed to the correct driver, including post-accident information, procedures and instructions required by this policy;
12. Provide the requirement that a driver submit to alcohol and controlled substances tests administered in accordance with this policy;
13. Provide an explanation of what constitutes a refusal to submit to an alcohol or controlled substances test and the consequences;
14. Provide the consequences for drivers found to have violated policy, including the requirement that the driver be removed immediately from safety-sensitive functions, and the procedures under this policy;
15. Provide the consequences for drivers found to have an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or greater but less than 0.04;
16. Provide information concerning the effects of alcohol and controlled substances use on an individual’s health, work, and personal life; signs and symptoms of an alcohol or a controlled substances problem (the driver’s or a co-worker’s); and available methods of intervening when an alcohol or a controlled substances problem is suspected, including confrontation, referral to any employee assistance program and/or referral to management.
B. The human resources office shall ensure that each driver signs a statement certifying that he or she has received a copy of these materials described in this section. The human resources office will maintain the original of the signed certificate and provide a copy of the certificate to the driver. (Ord. 12-001 § 3, 2013)