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I I I I I I I I I I I ! I I I I I I I Alcohol Use - the consumption of any beverage, mixture, or preparation, including medication, containing alcohol. Appointing Authority - the City Administrator or other City officer to whom the administrator has delegated authority to appoint personnel. BAT (Breath Alcohol Technician) - an individual who instructs and assists individuals in the alcohol testing process and operates an EBT. Chain of Custody - procedures to account for the integrity of each urine or breath specimen by tracking its handling and storage from point of specimen collection to final disposition of the specimen. With respect to drug testing, these procedures shall require that an appropriate drug testing custody form be used from time of collection to receipt by the laboratory and that receipt by the laboratory an appropriate laboratory chain of custody form(s) account(s) for the sample or sample aliquots (a portion of a specimen used for testing) within the laboratory. City, City of Ramsey, or Employer - the City of Ramsey, Minnesota, acting through its City Administrator or a designee of the City Administrator. City of Ramsey Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy - a separate Drug and Alcohol policy that is part of the City of Ramsey Personnel Policy Manual. Commerce - both of the following: (1) any trade, traffic or transportation within the jurisdiction of the United States between a place in a state and a place outside of a state, including a place outside of the United States, and (2) any trade, traffic and transportation in the United States which affects any trade, traffic, and transportation described in number (1) of this definition. Commercial Motor Vehicle - a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle (1) has a gross combination rating of 26,000 or more pounds inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, or (2) has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds, or (3) is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver, or (4) is of any size and is used in the transportation of materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and which require the motor vehicle to be placarded under the hazardous materials regulations set forth under 49 C.F.R. part 172, subpart F. Confirmation Test - for alcohol testing it means a second test, following a screening test with a result of .02 or greater, that provides a quantitative data of alcohol concentration. For controlled substances testing it means a second analytical procedure to identify the presence ora specific drug or metabolite which is independent of the screen test and which uses a different technique in chemical principal from that of the screen test in order to insure reliability and accuracy. (Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) is the only authorized confirmation method for cocaine, marijuana, opiates, amphetamines, and phencyclidine.)