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*City of Mounds View* DOT Drug -Free Workplace Policy 2020 Version 13 device is used, a swab will be placed in the driver’s mouth and saturated with saliva. After the saliva is collected, the swab will be inserted into the saliva-testing device. 3. The technician will show the result displayed on the screening device to the driver. If the reading is less than 0.02, the driver has passed the alcohol test and the DOT alcohol testing form will be completed. 4. If the screen test result is more than 0.02, a confirmation breath test, using a federally approved evidential breath-testing device, will be performed after at least a 15-minute waiting period from the completion of the screening test. During that time, for their own protection, drivers should not eat or drink anything. 5. For the confirmation test, the driver will have to exhale into the evidential breath-testing device until the technician tells the driver to stop. The driver will be shown the printed and displayed results. 6. A confirmation test result under 0.02 means the driver has passed. A confirmation alcohol concentration level of 0.02 or higher will result in the driver’s removal from safety-sensitive functions. The DOT prohibits any driver whose confirmation test registers 0.02 or greater but less than 0.04 from performing or from continuing to perform a safety-sensitive function until the driver’s next regularly-scheduled duty period, but for no less than twenty-four (24) hours. If the confirmation level is 0.04 or more, or if the driver refuses to cooperate, the driver is in violation of DOT alcohol regulations and subject to the Consequences for Policy Violations and Post-Violation/Return-to-Duty Procedures described above. 7. If a driver tries, but fails to provide a breath specimen adequate for testing, the driver will be asked to try again. If the driver still does not provide an adequate specimen, the driver’s failure will be noted on the DOT alcohol testing form and the Company’s DER will be informed. The driver will be removed from performing “safety-sensitive” functions for a 24 hour time period and required to see a doctor, acceptable to the Company, within five days for an evaluation. If the doctor provides a written statement to the employer concluding that it is highly probable a medical condition prevented the driver from providing an adequate breath specimen, the driver will not be disciplined for refusing to cooperate. SUMMARY OF DRUG TESTING PROCEDURES The DOT regulations discuss drug -testing procedures in greater detail in 49 CFR, Part 40. 1. Drivers subject to drug testing will be directed to provide a urine specimen at a Company designated facility. The driver will be driven or sent to the facility and required to verify his or her identity. In return, a driver may ask collection site personnel to disclose their identity. 2. The driver’s urine specimen will be collected by a trained collection site person (the Collector) in accordance with DOT rules, using a DOT Custody and Control Form (CCF), also known as chain-of -custody form. To protect themselves, drivers should ensure that the entries on the form are accurate, that their collected urine specimens have been sealed, and that their specimens are labeled with the same number as appears on the CCF and are placed in a container with copies of the correct CCF.