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