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DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy 1/13/2020 Page 2 2. Have a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of 26,0001 or more pounds whichever is greater; or 3. Are designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; or 4. Are of any size and are used in the transportation of materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5103(b)) and which require the motor vehicle to be placarded under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR part 172, subpart F). Firefighters are not covered under this DOT policy. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has granted states the option of waiving CDL requirements for firefighters. Since the state of Minnesota is one that gives firefighters the option of obtaining either a CDL or a non- commercial license, the state has exercised the option not to require CDLs. Therefore, 49 CFR Part 382 is not applicable to City firefighters. The following functions are considered safety-sensitive: • all time waiting to be dispatched to drive a commercial motor vehicle • all time inspecting, servicing, or conditioning a commercial motor vehicle • all time driving at the controls of the commercial motor vehicle • all other time in or upon a commercial motor vehicle • all time loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle, attending the same, giving or receiving receipts for shipments being loaded or unloaded, or remaining in readiness to operate the vehicle • all time repairing, obtaining assistance, or attending to a disable commercial motor vehicle. The City may test any applicant to whom a conditional offer of employment has been made and any driver for controlled substance and alcohol under any of the following circumstances: Pre-Employment Testing All applicants, including current employees seeking a transfer, applying for a position where duties include performing safety-sensitive duties described above, will be required to take a drug test prior to the first time a driver performs a safety-sensitive function for the City. A driver may not perform safety-sensitive functions unless the driver has received a controlled substance test result from the Medical Review Officer (“MRO”) indicating a verified negative test result. In addition to pre-employment controlled substance testing, applicants will be required to authorize in writing former employers to release alcohol test results of .04 or greater, positive controlled substance test results, refusals to test, other violations of drug and alcohol testing regulations, and completion of return to duty requirements within the preceding three years. The City will contact the candidate’s DOT regulated previous and current employers within the last three years for drug and alcohol test results as referenced above, and review the testing history if feasible before the employee first performs safety-sensitive functions for the city. The City will also conduct a limited query of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Clearinghouse for all candidates. In addition, at least once a year, the City will conduct a limited query of the Clearinghouse for each currently employed CDL driver. If the limited query reveals that the Clearinghouse has information about resolved or unresolved drug and alcohol program violations by a candidate or current employee, he or she will be asked to provide electronic