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Page 10 <br />Having a medical marijuana card and/or a cannabis prescription from a physician does not allow <br />anyone to use or possess that drug in the city’s workplace. The federal government still <br />classifies cannabis as an illegal drug. There is no acceptable concentration of marijuana <br />metabolites in the urine or blood of an employee who performs safety-sensitive duties for the <br />City. Employees are still subject to being tested under our policies, as well as for being <br />disciplined, suspended or terminated after testing positive for cannabis while at work. <br /> <br />Controlled Substance Testing. <br />No driver may report for duty, remain on-duty or perform a safety-sensitive function if the <br />driver tests positive for controlled substance. <br /> <br />Collection and Testing Procedures <br />Drivers are required to report immediately upon notification to the collection site. For random <br />tests conducted off site, employees may use a City vehicle to drive to the collection site. Drivers <br />will be expected to provide a photo ID card for identification to the collection staff. All drivers <br />will be expected to cooperate with collection site personnel request to remove any <br />unnecessary outer garments such as coats, sweaters or jackets and will be required to empty <br />their pockets. Collection personnel will complete a Federal Custody and Control Form (“CCF”) <br />which drivers providing a sample will sign as well. <br /> <br />Alcohol Testing. <br />Employees will be tested for alcohol just before, during, or immediately following performance <br />of a safety-sensitive function. If a driver is also taking a DOT controlled substance test, generally <br />speaking, the alcohol test is completed before the urine collection process begins. Screening <br />tests for alcohol concentration will be performed utilizing a non-evidential screening device <br />included by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on its conforming products list <br />(e.g., a saliva screening device) or an evidential breath testing device (“EBT”) operated by a <br />trained breath alcohol technician (“BAT”) at a collection site. An alcohol test usually takes <br />approximately 15 minutes if the result is negative. If a driver’s first attempt is positive (with an <br />alcohol concentration of .02 or greater), the driver will be asked to wait at least 15 minutes and <br />then be tested again. The driver may not eat, drink or place anything in his/her mouth (e.g., <br />cigarette, chewing gum) during this time. All confirmation tests will be conducted in a location <br />that affords privacy to the driver being tested, unless unusual circumstances (e.g., when it is <br />essential to conduct a test outdoors at the scene of an accident) make it impracticable to <br />provide such privacy. Any results less than 0.02 alcohol concentration is considered a <br />“negative” test result. <br /> <br />If the driver attempts and fails to provide an adequate amount of breath, he/she will be <br />referred to a physician to determine if the driver’s inability to provide a specimen is genuine or <br />constitutes a refusal to test. Alcohol test results are reported directly to the City by the <br />collection site staff. <br /> <br />Controlled Substance Testing.