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F <br />792CH - Courthouse Union <br />All specimens will be forwarded to laboratories meeting state or federal guidelines to <br />conduct such tests. Strict adherence to the chain of custody requirements will be <br />followed during the transportation of the specimen to the laboratory. The laboratory <br />will analyze the specimen. The laboratory will perform initial screening, and if positive <br />results occur, confirmatory tests on the specimen. The confirmatory test shall be the <br />GC/MS test. The laboratory shall maintain the specimen in accordance with state or <br />federalguidelines. <br />The laboratory will communicate the test results to the Department Head or elected <br />official. The Department Head or elected official will evaluate those results and confer <br />with the Commissioners to determine the County's course of action. Within five (5) <br />working days after receipt of a test result report, the Employer shall inform the <br />employee in writing of the results. <br />Test results will be kept confidential in a secure file within the Human Resource <br />Department but separate from the regular personnel files. Access to the file will be <br />extremely restricted-only the County Commissioners, Human Resources stafl and <br />Department Head or Elected Official. All records will be treated in the most confidential <br />fashion by the County and the Union. Disclosures, without employee consent, may <br />occur when: <br />The information is compelled by law or judicial or administrative process. <br />The information has been placed at issue in a formal dispute between the <br />Employer and the prospective employee. <br />The information is needed by medical personnel for the diagnosis or treatment <br />of a patient who is unable to authorize disclosure. <br />All costs associated with substance abuse testing, other than an independent analysis <br />requested by the employee, will be paid by the Employer. <br />Should analysis of the specimens indicate a negative level of a substance in an <br />employee's system, the employee will be reinstated to the employee's former position <br />Should analysis of the specimens indicate a positive levelof a substance in an <br />employee's system, the Employer shall meet with the employee within five (5) days of <br />the receipt of the result for the purpose of advising the employee of the result, and to <br />provide the employee the opportunity for response to any potential disciplinary <br />proceedings. The employee's response may include the following: <br />il <br />The employee will have the right to submit further information relative to the <br />test results. <br />The employee may request a confirmatory re-test of the original sample at the <br />employee's own expense. <br />The employee may request a confirmatory re-test be conducted at a different <br />certified laboratory, with the same drug or alcohol threshold detection levels as <br />used in the original test. lf the confirmatory re-test does not confirm the original <br />positive test result, a third test shall be employed on the same specimen and <br />G <br />H <br />28