(A) The supervisor requesting a test shall escort the employee to the independent hospital, laboratory and/or clinic. The primary place of testing will be the Union Hospital Center for Occupational Health. Tests may also be administered at any other local hospital or clinic appropriately equipped and staffed. At the time a specimen is collected, the employee will be given a copy of the specimen collection procedures.
(B) The specimen must be immediately sealed, labeled and initialed by the employee to ensure that the specimen tested by the laboratory is that of the employee.
(C) The required procedure is as follows.
(1) Urine shall be a wide-mouthed clinic specimen container which shall remain in full view of the employee until split, transferred to, sealed and initialed in two tamper-resistant urine bottles.
(2) Immediately after the specimens are collected, the urine bottles shall, in the presence of the employee, be labeled and then initialed by the employee. If the sample must be collected at a site other than the drug and/or alcohol testing laboratory, the specimens shall then be placed in the transportation container. The container shall be sealed in the employee’s presence and the employee shall be asked to initial or sign the container. The container shall be sent to the designated testing laboratory on that day or the earliest business day by the fastest available methods.
(3) A chain of possession form shall be completed by the hospital, laboratory and/or clinic personnel during the specimen collection and attached to and mailed with the specimens.
(Ord. 1-2004, passed 2-9-2004)