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8. Within three working days after receipt of a test result from the testing laboratory, the employee or job applicant shall be informed in writing of a negative test result on an initial screening test or of a negative or positive result on a confirmatory test and the right provided in paragraph J of this section. In the case of the positive test result on a confirmatory test, the employee or job applicant shall also be informed in writing of the rights provided in paragraphs I and K of this section. 9. Within three working days after a notice of a positive test result on a confirmatory test, the employee or job applicant may submit information, in addition to any information already submitted on the Alcohol and Drug Testing Notification Form, to explain the test result. 10. An employee or job applicant has the right to request and receive a copy of the test result report on any drug and alcohol test. 11. An employee or job applicant may request a confirmatory retest of the original sample at the employee's or job applicant's own expense after notice of a positive test result on a confirmatory test. Within five working days after notice of the confirmatory test result, the employee or job applicant shall notify the City in writing addressed to the attention of the City Manager, of the employee's or job applicant's intention to obtain a confirmatory retest, or it is deemed waived. Within three working days after receipt of the notice, the City shall notify the original testing laboratory that the employee or job applicant has requested the laboratory to conduct a confirmatory retest or transfer the sample to another laboratory licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health to conduct a confirmatory retest. The original testing laboratory shall insure that the chain of custody procedures are followed during transfer of the sample to the other laboratory. The confirmatory retest must use the same drug or alcohol threshold detention levels as used in the original confirmatory test. If the confirmatory retest does not confirm the original positive test result, no adverse personnel action based on the original confirmatory test will be taken against the employee or job applicant. K. Discipline or Discharge 1. On the basis of one positive test result on a confirmatory test, the employee may be disciplined. Discipline may include, but is not limited to, the following: