Alcohol means alcohol or any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume which is capable of use for beverage purposes, either when alone or when diluted.
Alcohol Testing means testing for blood alcohol content by a breathalyzer instrument device or drawing or collecting a blood or serum sample and laboratory analysis thereon or most current and appropriate technology.
Drug means controlled substance as defined by Section 1.02 of the Texas Controlled Substance Act and/or Section 202, Schedules I through V of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, including but not limited to marijuana, hashish, cocaine, heroin, morphine, codeine, opiates, amphetamines, barbiturates and hallucinogens.
Drug Testing means collection or a urine specimen by medical personnel and a laboratory analysis of that specimen by Enzyme Immunoassay (EMIT) screening and if appropriate, confirmatory testing using the Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) methods and procedures, or any other method generally accepted as reliable by the medical community.
Safety/Security Sensitive Positions means jobs in which employee use of drugs or alcohol could create a threat to safety or security whereby the employee is unfit to perform assigned duties and the performance of those duties in such mental or physical condition creates or could create a safety or security hazard that has caused or could cause injury or harm to the employee, other employees, citizens, the operating of a city department, or damage to property.
(Ord. 11-1995-2, passed 11-6-95)