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If an applicant refuses to submit to applicant testing, any conditional offer of employment will be
<br />withdrawn.
<br />Any intentional act or omission by the employee or applicant that prevents the completion of the
<br />testing process constitutes a refusal to test.
<br />An applicant or employee who substitutes, or attempts to substitute, or alters, or attempts to alter
<br />a testing sample is considered to have refused to take a drug alcohol or cannabis test. In such a
<br />case, the employee is subject to immediate termination of employment, and in the case of an
<br />applicant, the job offer will be immediately withdrawn.
<br />Refusal on Religious Grounds
<br />An employee or job applicant who, on religious grounds, refuses to undergo drug and/or alcohol
<br />testing, including cannabis testing, of a blood sample will not be considered to have refused
<br />testing, unless the employee or job applicant also refuses to undergo drug, alcohol, or cannabis
<br />testing of a urine or oral liquid sample.
<br />Cost of Required Testing
<br />The City will pay for the cost of pre -employment, post -accident, random, and reasonable
<br />suspicion alcohol and drug testing requested or required of all job applicants and employees. The
<br />driver must pay for the cost of all requested confirmatory re -tests, return -to -duty, and follow-up
<br />testing.
<br />PROBITION AGAINST DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
<br />Use and Possession of Alcohol or Drug(s)
<br />Employees are prohibited from the use, possession, transfer, transportation, manufacture,
<br />distribution, sale, purchase, solicitation to sell or purchase, or dispensation of alcohol, drugs,
<br />including cannabis, or drug paraphernalia, while on duty; while on City premises; while
<br />operating any City vehicle, machinery, or equipment; or when performing any City business,
<br />except (1) pursuant to a valid medical prescription used as properly instructed; (2) the use of
<br />over-the-counter drugs used as intended by the manufacturer; or (3) when necessary for
<br />approved law enforcement activity.
<br />Besides having a zero -tolerance policy for the use or possession of alcohol, illegal drugs, or
<br />misused prescription drugs on the worksite, we also prohibit the use, possession of, impairment
<br />by any cannabis or medical cannabis products (e.g., hash oils, edibles or beverages containing
<br />cannabinoids, or pills) on the worksite by a person working as an employee at the City or while
<br />"on call" and subject to return to work.
<br />Having a medical marijuana card, patient registry number, and/or cannabis prescription from a
<br />physician does not allow anyone to use, possess, or be impaired by that drug here. Likewise, the
<br />fact that cannabis may be lawfully purchased and consumed does not permit anyone to use,
<br />possess, or be impaired by them here. The federal government still classifies cannabis as an
<br />illegal drug, even though some states, including Minnesota, have decriminalized its possession
<br />and use. There is no acceptable concentration of marijuana metabolites in the blood or urine or
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