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Orange County Personnel Rules and Regulations Manual Issue Date: 10/21109 9 <br />4. Post - Accident - Required on any County employee driver of a motor <br />vehicle, or any employee not on the vehicle (an automotive mechanic, for <br />example) whose performance could have contributed to the motor vehicle <br />accident. A covered accident is one which occurs while the employee is <br />performing County duties and one which meets any one of "the following <br />conditions: <br />a. A fatality results from the accident (whether or not the driver caused <br />the accident). A motor vehicle accident may include an incident in <br />which an individual is injured even though there is no vehicle <br />collision. <br />b. A person in the accident is treated at a medical facility (unless the <br />driver can be completely discounted as a contributing factor to the <br />accident). <br />c. One of the vehicles in the accident receives disabling damage (unless <br />the driver can be completely discounted as a contributing factor to the <br />accident). <br />5. Return -to -Duty - Required when an employee has had a confirmed positive <br />alcohol or verified positive drug test and returns to duty. <br />6. Follow -Up - Required on an employee who has returned to duty following <br />a positive alcohol or drug test. Tests are unannounced and at least six drug <br />and alcohol tests are conducted in the first 12 months after return to duty. <br />Follow -up testing may continue for up to five years after return to duty. <br />E. Testing Coverage <br />1. Reasonable Suspicion - Conducted for any County employee, temporary or <br />permanent, when trained personnel determine that reasonable suspicion <br />exists that the employee is at work under the influence of drugs or alcohol. <br />(See Appendix IV.G.l.o, "Determining Reasonable Suspicion. ") <br />2. Random - Conducted on any County employee, temporary or permanent, <br />whose position: <br />a. Is covered under Federal drug and alcohol testing regulations as <br />defined in Section IV.B.10, or <br />b. Involves driving an emergency response- - <br />vehicle transporting patients. <br />3. Pre- Employment - Conducted on any: <br />a. Permanent employee whose position is <br />Page 6 <br />