ORD-2003-036 - Personnel Ordinance Revision - Drug and Alcohol Testing

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4 Attachment 11.2 Types of Drug and Alcohol Testing 11.2.1 Reasonable Suspicion Testing - Required when trained personnel observe behavior on the job which is characteristic of alcohol or drug misuse. 11.2.2 Random Testing - Required on a random, unannounced basis just before, during, or just after the performance of covered duties. Random testing GGRd ,^+ed selections are made using a scientific, automated random sampling technique. 11.2.3 Pre - employment Testing - Required after an offer to hire, but prior to beginning work in the covered position. Also required when an employee transfers to a position involving covered duties or when an employee in a covered position has been on leave for 90 days or more and returns to duty. Pre - employment testing involves drug testing only. Alcohol testing is not included as part of the pre - employment testing process. 11.2.4 Post Accident - Required on any County employee driver of a motor vehicle, or any employee not on the vehicle (an automotive mechanic, for example) whose performance could have contributed to the motor vehicle accident. A covered accident is one which occurs while the employee is performing County duties and one which meets any one of the following conditions: a. A fatality results from the accident (whether or not the driver caused the accident). b. A person in the accident is treated at a medical facility (unless the driver can be completely discounted as a contributing factor to the accident). c. One of the vehicles in the accident receives disabling damage (unless the driver can be completely discounted as a contributing factor to the accident). to the even+ that it Fm c.+ he +vc�v� ed. d .Threr-e is p damage to a- ehinle re � �I +ine� ii� tfeFne�raa -of the Yehible r7TTen e cLiG�T i Note: A motor vehicle accident may include an incident in which an individual is injured even though there is no vehicle collision.