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Initial Screening Test: Acknowledgement. Before the Initial Screening Test, the employee or job applicant shall be informed of the City's testing policy and given a form on which the employee or job applicant can acknowledge being so informed. If the Initial Screening Test produces a negative result, written notice of such result will be given to the individual who took the test within three (3) working days after the City receives the test result report. The employee or applicant will also be notified that they have the right to request and receive a copy of the test report. The testing laboratory will perform a Confirmatory Test on all samples that produce a positive test result on the Initial Screening Test. Confirmatory Test. If the Initial Screening Test produces a positive test result, a second test (known as the Confirmatory Test) will be conducted by the laboratory. If the Confirmatory Test is not positive, the City will send written notice of this fact to the employee or job applicant within three (3) working days after receiving the result. If the Confirmatory Test produces a positive test result, the City will take the following four steps: (1) The City will send written notice of the positive test result within three working days after receiving it to the employee or job applicant. (2) The employee or job applicant will be informed of the right to receive a copy of the test result. (3) The employee or job applicant will be told of the right to explain the positive result by indicating any medication (prescription, signed for, or over-the-counter) that the individual is currently taking or has recently taken and other information relevant to the reliability of or explanation for a confirmatory positive test result. (4) The employee or job applicant will be informed of the right to request a Confirmatory Retest of the original sample at the employee's or job applicant's expense. The employee or job applicant has five working days in which to notify the City of this request in writing. Confirmatory Retests: After an employee or job applicant chooses to request a Confirmatory Retest, the employee or job applicant has five (5) working days within which to notify the City of this request in writing. Within three (3) days of the receipt of such request, the City will notify the original testing laboratory that it is to conduct a Confirmatory Retest or transfer the sample to another certified laboratory for retesting. If the Confirmatory Retest does not confirm the original positive test result, no adverse personnel action will be taken by the City. If the Confirmatory Retest is positive, the City may withdraw its conditional offer of employment to a job applicant or terminate an employee if such employee chooses not to participate in a chemical dependency treatment or evaluation program. Data Privacy: Test result reports and other information acquired in the drug and alcohol testing process are private data on individuals as defined in Minnesota law, and may not be disclosed to another employer or to a third party individual, governmental agency, or private organization without the written consent of the employee or applicant tested, unless otherwise permitted by law or required by court order. Other Misconduct: 811Page