Drug & Alcohol Testing

1. Which employees are subject to the regulations, including which employees are
in test-designated positions.
All classified employees
2. Define what the term test-designated position.
Safety sensitive, needing driver license, law enforcement, firearm, unsupervised access to
offenders.
3. What is prohibited by these regulations.
Alcohol BAC .02% or greater, if over .08% not available for rehire, marijuana, cocaine,
amphetamines, opiates, PCP, others per employers policy.
4. The circumstances under which employees will be tested for drugs & alcohol.
Reasonable suspicion, random testing, post accident, pre appointment, follow up
5. The penalties or other consequences for an employee found to have violated provisions of
civil service rule 2-7.
Discharge and other discipline, suspension.
6. The procedures which will be used to test employees for drugs & alcohol, and the procedures
in place to protect the employees and ensure the integrity of the testing process, safeguard the
validity of the test results, and ensure that those test results are attributed to the correct
employee.
Urine sample split in two containers and tested independently of each other.
7. The requirement that employees must submit to testing in accordance with the regulations.
Civil service rule 2-7
8. What constitutes a refusal to submit and what penalties may be incurred for failure to submit
to testing.
Same as failing.
9. The effects of alcohol use on an employees health, work, and personal life; signs and
symptoms of an alcohol abuse problem; and methods for an employee to obtain assistance if
an alcohol abuse problem is suspected.
Depression, anxiety, confusion, calling in sick excessively, self-report to ESP.