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17 <br />Attachment <br />symptoms of drug and alcohol abuse, including the effects <br />and consequences of drug and alcohol abuse on health, <br />safety and the work place. <br />• Informs the supervisor, prior to performing covered duties, if <br />taking a prescribed medication that could impair his or her ability <br />to perform the covered duties. <br />• Refrains from using alcohol for four hours prior to the <br />performance of covered duties and for eight hours following an <br />accident for which drug and alcohol testing may occur or until <br />testing has been completed. <br />b. The Department Head: <br />• Informs each employee of the drug and alcohol testing <br />requirements for his or her position. <br />Provides for one hour of training for each employee in a <br />FTA safety sensitive or County safety sensitive position in <br />the signs and symptoms of drug and alcohol abuse, <br />including the effects and consequences of drug and <br />alcohol abuse on health, safety and the work place. <br />• Applies this policy consistently to all employees within the <br />department. <br />• Notifies the Personnel Department immediately when there is <br />belief that reasonable suspicion may exist of drug or alcohol use <br />and, in conjunction with the Personnel representative <br />determines whether reasonable suspicion exists. <br />• Assures that an employee being tested for reasonable suspicion <br />for drugs or alcohol is not allowed to work until the final results <br />of the drug test are obtained. <br />• Assures that an employee to be tested for drugs or alcohol <br />reports to the County's designated test site. <br />• Makes every reasonable effort to assure that an employee who <br />undergoes a reasonable suspicion drug test, or an employee <br />- - -- - - - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - whose- result - -on- a- Breath- Alcohol- Test - is- greater- than - -0.04 -is- -- <br />safely transported home. <br />C. The Personnel Department: <br />