Agenda - Council Work Session - 12/12/2023

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treatment, examination or emergency care for a medical, psychiatric or mental conditions positions requiring a commercial driver's license or requiring,the employee to operate a motor vehicle for which state or federal law rgquires drug or alcohol testing; positions ftinded federal 8) 9 ...,grant or other Positions for which state or federal law requires testing.,of a job applicant or employee. Drug anchor alcohol testing, and drug and/or alcohol test: Mean analysis of a body component sample accordima,to the standards established under one of the pro trans listed in Minn. Stat.--§-1-81.953, subd.1, for the purpose of measuring.theirpresence_or absence of rugs alcohol, or their metabolites in the sample tested. "Drug and alcohol testing," "drug or alcohol testing," and "drug or alcohol test" do not include cannabis or cannabis testing, unless stated otherwise. Drug paraphernalia: Has the meaning set forth in Minn. Stat. § 152.0 1, subd. 18. Employee Means a person who performs services for compensation for the city and includes independent contractors except where specifically noted in this policy. Initial screening test: Means a drug,,,--alcohol, or cannabis test that uses a method of analysis under one of the programs listed in Minn. Stat. §. 181.953, subd. 1. Ii Job applicant Means a person who applies to become an employee of the city and includes a person who has received a job offer made contingent on the person passing drug testing Positive test result,,- Means a finding of the presence of alcohol, drugs, cannabis or their metabolites that exceeds the cutoff levels established by the city. Minimum threshold detection levels are subject to change as determined in the cily's sole discretion. Random selection basis.: Means a mechanism for selection of em-ployees that (1) results in an equal probability that any emplffee from a groU of employees subject to the selection mechanism will be selected, and (2) does not give an employer discretion to waive the selection of any employee selected under the mechanism. Reasonable suspicion: Means a basis for forming a belief based on specific facts and rational inferences drawn from those facts. Safe!y-sensitive,position: Means a *ob, including a,ny.supervisory or management position, in I - I which an impai'ripent caused by drug, alcohol, and/or cannabis usage would threaten the health or saf gly of any person. Under the influence: Means (1)the employee tests positive for alcohol drugs, or cannabis o the employee's actions, appearance, speech, and/or bodily odorsreasonably cause the city to conclude that the employee is impaired because of illegal drug use or alcohol use.