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vehicle for which state or federal law requires drug or alcohol testing; positions funded by a <br /> federal grant; or other positions for which state or federal law requires testing of a job applicant <br /> or employee. <br /> Drug and/or alcohol testing, and drug and/or alcohol test: Mean analysis of a body <br /> component sample according to the standards established under one of the programs listed in <br /> Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd.1, for the purpose of measuring their presence or absence of drugs, <br /> alcohol, or their metabolites in the sample tested. "Drug and alcohol testing," "drug or alcohol <br /> testing," and "drug or alcohol test" do not include cannabis or cannabis testing, unless stated <br /> otherwise. <br /> Drug paraphernalia: Has the meaning set forth in Minn. Stat. § 152.01, subd. 18. <br /> Employee: Means a person who performs services for compensation for the city and includes <br /> independent contractors except where specifically noted in this policy. <br /> Initial screening test: Means a drug, alcohol, or cannabis test that uses a method of analysis <br /> under one of the programs listed in Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd. 1. <br /> Job applicant: Means a person who applies to become an employee of the city and includes a <br /> person who has received a job offer made contingent on the person passing drug testing. <br /> Positive test result: Means a finding of the presence of alcohol, drugs, cannabis or their <br /> metabolites that exceeds the cutoff levels established by the city. Minimum threshold detection <br /> levels are subject to change as determined in the city's sole discretion. <br /> Random selection basis: Means a mechanism for selection of employees that(1) results in an <br /> equal probability that any employee from a group of employees subject to the selection <br /> mechanism will be selected, and(2) does not give an employer discretion to waive the selection <br /> of any employee selected under the mechanism. <br /> Reasonable suspicion: Means a basis for forming a belief based on specific facts and rational <br /> inferences drawn from those facts. <br /> Safety-sensitive position: Means a job, including any supervisory or management position, in <br /> which an impairment caused by drug, alcohol, and/or cannabis usage would threaten the health <br /> or safety of any person. <br /> Under the influence: Means (1) the employee tests positive for alcohol drugs, or cannabis or (2) <br /> the employee's actions, appearance, speech, and/or bodily odors reasonably cause the city to <br /> conclude that the employee is impaired because of illegal drug use or alcohol use. <br /> 1071Page <br />