(a) All applicants will be notified of the drug testing component of the examination at time of application.
(b) The time for testing applicants shall be after a preliminary decision has been made by the city to consider applicant for employment, but before applicant has been employed by the city, subject to the provisions of division (g) below. Such testing shall be pursuant to § 31.127(b).
(c) Refusal of applicants to submit to drug and alcohol testing may operate to bar employment with the city.
(d) An applicant whose test results in positive findings may be rejected for employment.
(e) If an applicant has taken prescription medication prescribed to said applicant within 30 days of date of testing, the applicant must furnish a medical statement from a physician specifying the drug prescribed. If this statement is submitted in advance of the drug test, positive test results may not be cause for rejection.
(f) Applicants will be required to list all over-the-counter medicines being taken within 30 days prior to the date of the drug test. Positive test results of the listed medications may not be cause for rejection.
(g) If the city determines that due to the existence of a bona fide emergency necessitating the employment of an applicant before the test results are received, the department head may allow the applicant to begin working in that position, provided however, that the final employment of the applicant shall be subject to the provisions of division (d) of this section.
(Ord. 11-1995-2, passed 11-6-95)