1990-06-11 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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e e 9. The specimen collection vendor and/or drug testing laboratory will be instructed to release test results to designated City officials and/or agents of the City. 10. All information relating to drug or alcohol testing or the identification of persons as users of drugs and alcohol will be protected as confidential unless otherwise reqUired by law, overriding public health and safety concerns, or authorized in writing by the person in question. 1l. Any person whose drug or alcohol test is reported positive will be offered the opportunity of a private meeting to offer an explanation. The principal purpose of the meeting will be to determine if there is any reason that a positive finding could have resulted from a cause other than drug or alcohol use. The City, through its health and/or personnel officials, will judge whether an offered explanation merits further inquiry. 12. During the period of an appeal and any resulting inquiries, the pre-employment process for applicants will be placed on hold and the employment status of an employee or designated contractor may be suspended. An employee who is suspended pending appeal will be permitted to use any available leave in order to remain in an active pay status. If the employee has no annual leave or chooses not to use it, the suspension will be without pay. 13. If an employee's appeal is upheld, the employee will be reinstated with back pay and will be reimbursed for any independent drug testing costs that may have been experienced incident to the appeal. 14. An employee whose drug or alcohol test is reported positive will be offered the opportunity to obtain and independently test, at the employee's expense, the remaining portion of the urine specimen that yielded the positive result. 15. Records pertaining to the City's drug testing program will be maintained by the contract vendor that provides collection and testing services. 16. The specimen collection vendor will: - Make a positive identification of each person to be tested. - Obtain from the person to be tested a written consent for drug testing. - Obtain information pertaining to medications or possible cross-reacting food substances that were recently ingested by the person to be tested.