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TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEE DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY UNDER THE OMNIBUS TRANSPORTATION EMPL0\T:E TESTING ACT Continued contact the employee, the employee will be placed on suspension. The MRO may verify a test positive without having communicated directly with the employee about the test results under the following circumstairces: 1. The employee expressly declines the oppimunity to discuss the lest results. 2. The employee has not contacted the MRO within five days of being instructed to do so by the City of Orono. The FHWA alcohol test rules require breath testing administered by a BAT using an EBT. Two breath tests are required to determine if a person has a prohibited alcohol concentration. Any result less than 0.02 alcohol concentration is considered a ’’negative" test. It the alcohol concentration is 0.02 or greater, a second confirmation test must be conducted. It an employee attempts and fails to provide an adequate amount of breath, the City ot Orono will direct the employee to obtain w'ritten evaluation from a licensed physician to determine if the employee s inability to provide a specimen is genuine or constitutes a retusal to test. Alcohol test results are reported directly to the designated City of Orono contact person. LICENSED TESTING LABORATORY The testing laboratory shall be name of company, street address, city, state, zip ctxle, pho ng number, vvhich is a lab certified to perform controlled substance testing according to DHHS regulations. PROHIBITED DRUG AND ALCOHOL RELATED CONDUCT The following alcohol and controlled substance-related activities are prohibited by the FHWA’S drue and alcohol rules for drivers ot C.MV's: 1. Reporting for duty or remaining on duty to perform safety-sensitive functions while having an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater; 2. Bein2 on duty or operating a CMV while the employee possesses alcohol, unless the alcohol is manifested and transported as a part of a shipment. This includes the possession of medicines containing alcohol (prescription or over-the-counter), unless the packaging seal is unbroken; 3. Using alcohol while performing safety-sensitive functions; 8