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Failure to Disclose Lawful Drugs: Employees taking a lawful drug, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs or cannabis, which may impair their ability to perform their job responsibilities or pose a safety risk to themselves or others, must advise their supervisor of this before beginning work. It is the employee's responsibility to seek out written information from hisLhertheir physician or pharmacist regarding medication and any job performance impairment and relay that information to hislkertheir supervisor. In the event of such a disclosure, the employee will not be authorized to perform safety -sensitive functions. REVIEW AND NOTIFICATION OF TEST RESULTS Notification of Negative Test Resultsa In the case of job applicants and in accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, Human ResourcesHuman Resources will notify a job applicant of a negative drug result within three days of receipt of result by the cityCity, and the hiring process will resume. In accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd. 3, a laboratory must report results to the eityCity within three working days of the confirmatory test result. A "Negative Test Results Notification" form will be sent to the job applicant, and the job applicant may request a copy of the test result report from Human ResourcesHuman Resources. In the case of current employees and in accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, Human ResourcesHuman Resources will notify the employee of a negative drug and/or alcohol result within three days of receipt of result by the cityCity. A "Negative Test Results Notification" form will be sent to the employee, and he or she may request a copy of the test result report from Human ResourcesHuman Resources. Notification of Positive Test Results: In the event of a confirmed positive blood,-er-urine or oral liquid alcohol drug, or cannabis test result, the cityCity will notify the employee of a positive result within three days of receipt of the result. Human ResourcesHuman Resources will send to the employee or job applicant a "Positive Test Results Notification" letter containing further instructions. The employee or job applicant may contact Human ResourcesHuman Resources to request a copy of the test result report if desired. In accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd. 3, a laboratory must report results to the cityCity within three working days of the confirmatory test result. Right to Provide Information after Receiving Test Results: Within three working days after notice of a positive drug, alcohol, or cannabis test result on a confirmatory test, the employee or job applicant may submit information to the eityCity to explain the positive result. In accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd. 10, if an employee submits information either before a test or within three working days after a positive test result that explains the positive test result, (such as medications the employee is taking), the eityCity will not take an adverse employment action based on that information unless the employee has already been under an affirmative duty to provide the information before, upon, or after hire. Right to Confirmatory Retest: A job applicant or employee may request a confirmatory retest of the original sample at the job applicant's or employee's own expense after notice of a positive test result on a confirmatory 1021Page