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I <br />I <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> ! <br />I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />FEDERAL OMNIBUS TRANSPORTATION <br />EMPLOYEE TESTING ACT <br />REASONABLE SUSPICION PROCEDURE <br /> <br />Under provisions of the Act, the City may require an employee to undergo an alcohol or <br />controlled substance test based on specific, contemporaneous, articulable observation <br />concerning the appearance, behavior, speech, or body odors of the driver. The <br />observation may include indications of the chronic and withdrawal effects of controlled <br />substances. <br /> <br />The following procedures shall be following for testing: <br /> <br />Only a.supervisor or city official who is trained in accordance with federal law <br />shall make a determination of reasonable suspicion. Any employee may make a <br />report to a supervisor or city official who may then make an observation. <br /> <br />Observations are made during, just preceding, or just after the period of work day. <br /> <br />Observations are recorded on the Observed Behavior - Reasonable Suspicion <br />Record form. <br /> <br />Alcohol testing shall be administered within two hours of the .reasonable suspicion <br />determination. <br /> <br />Controlled substances testing shall be administered within eight hours of the <br />reasonable suspicion determination. <br /> <br />The supervisor shall arrange for an employee tested under reasonable suspicion to <br />report t° Coon Rapids Medical Center at 9055 Springbrook Drive, Coon Rapids <br />within the specified time limit. After hours the driver will be taken to Mercy <br />Hospital at 4050 Coon Rapids Boulevard, Coon Rapids. <br /> <br />If the testing is not completed within the time stated, then a written report shall be <br />prepared and maintained as to the reason(s) the test was not promptly administered. <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br /> <br />