(A) An applicant or employee whose drug or alcohol test is reported positive will be offered the opportunity of a meeting to offer an explanation. The purpose of the meeting will be to determine if there is any reason that a positive finding could have resulted from some cause other than drug or alcohol use. The city, through its health and/or human resources officials, will judge whether an offered explanation merits further inquiry.
(B) An employee whose drug or alcohol test is reported positive will be offered the opportunity to:
(1) Obtain and independently test, at the employee’s expense, the remaining portion of the urine specimen that yielded the positive result; and
(2) Obtain the written test result and present it to an independent medical review at the employee’s expense.
(C) The employee may use the city’s medical benefits, to the extent that coverage may apply, for meeting the costs described in division (B) above.
(D) During the period of an appeal and any resulting inquiries, the preemployment selection process for an applicant will be placed on hold, and the employment status of an employee may be suspended. An employee who is suspended pending appeal will be permitted to use any available annual leave in order to remain in an active pay status. If the employee has no annual leave or chooses not to use it, the suspension will be without pay.
(1998 Code, § 2-110)