Common use of Tests to be Conducted Clause in Contracts

Tests to be Conducted. In conducting the testing authorized by this Agreement, the City shall: a. Use only a clinical laboratory or hospital facility that is licensed pursuant to the Illinois Clinical Laboratory Act. b. Insure that the laboratory or facility selected conforms to all State of Illinois testing standards; c. Establish a chain of custody procedure for both sample collection and testing will insure the integrity of the identity of each sample and test result. No employee below the rank of Lieutenant covered by this Agreement shall be permitted at any time to become a part of such chain of custody. d. Collect a sufficient sample of the same bodily fluid or material from an employee to allow for initial screening, a confirmatory test and a sufficient amount to be set aside reserved for later testing if requested by the employee; e. Collect samples in such a manner as to preserve the individual employee’s right to privacy, insure a high degree of security of the sample and its freedom from adulteration. Employees shall not be witnessed by anyone while submitting a sample, except in circumstances where the laboratory or facility does not have a “clean room” for submitting samples or where there is reasonable belief that the employee has attempted to compromise the accuracy of the testing procedure; f. Confirm any sample that test positive in the initial screening for drugs by testing the second portion of the same sample by gas chromatography, plus mass spectrometry or an equivalent or better scientifically accurate and accepted method that provides quantitative data about the detected drug metabolites; g. Provide the employee tested with an opportunity to have the additional sample tested by a clinical laboratory or hospital facility of the employee’s own choosing, at the employee’s own expense; provided the employee notifies the Chief within seventy-two (72) hours of receiving the results of the tests; h. Require that the laboratory or hospital facility report to the City that a blood or urine sample is positive only if both the initial screening and confirmation test are positive only if both the initial screening and confirmation test are positive for a particular drug. The parties agree that should any information concerning such testing or the results thereof be obtained by the City inconsistent with the understandings expressed herein (e.

Tests to be Conducted. In conducting the testing authorized by this Agreement, the City shall: a. Use only a clinical laboratory or hospital facility that is licensed pursuant to the Illinois Clinical Laboratory Act. b. Insure insure that the laboratory or facility selected conforms to all State of Illinois testing standards; c. Establish establish a chain of custody procedure for both sample collection and testing will insure the integrity of the identity of each sample and test result. No employee below the rank of Lieutenant sergeant covered by this Agreement shall be permitted at any time to become a part of such chain of custody. d. Collect collect a sufficient sample of the same bodily fluid or material from an employee to allow for initial screening, a confirmatory test and a sufficient amount to be set aside reserved for later testing if requested by the employee; e. Collect collect samples in such a manner as to preserve the individual employee’s right to privacy, insure a high degree of security of the sample and its freedom from adulteration. Employees shall not be witnessed by anyone while submitting a sample, except in circumstances where the laboratory or facility does not have a “clean room” for submitting samples or where there is reasonable belief that the employee has attempted to compromise the accuracy of the testing procedure; f. Confirm confirm any sample that test positive in the initial screening for drugs by testing the second portion of the same sample by gas chromatography, plus mass spectrometry or an equivalent or better scientifically accurate and accepted method that provides quantitative data about the detected drug metabolites; g. Provide provide the employee tested with an opportunity to have the additional sample tested by a clinical laboratory or hospital facility of the employee’s own choosing, at the employee’s own expense; provided the employee notifies the Chief within seventy-two (72) hours of receiving the results of the tests; h. Require require that the laboratory or hospital facility report to the City that a blood or urine sample is positive only if both the initial screening and confirmation test are positive only if both the initial screening and confirmation test are positive for a particular drug. The parties agree that should any information concerning such testing or the results thereof be obtained by the City inconsistent with the understandings expressed herein (e.e.g. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ for testing that reveal the nature or number of tests administered), the City will not use such information in any manner or forum adverse to the employee’s interests; i. require that with regard to alcohol testing, for the purpose of determining whether the employee is under the influence of alcohol, test results that showing any alcohol concentration of .05 or more based upon the grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood be considered positive; j. provide each employee tested with a copy of all information and reports received by the City in connection with the testing and the results; k. ensure that no employee is the subject of any adverse employment action except emergency temporary reassignment with pay during the pendency of any testing procedure. Any such emergency reassignment shall be immediately discontinued in the event of a negative test result.