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SLI CBA FINAL AHR Amended

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53 4. Observation of drug use or possession and/or physical symptoms of being under the infl uence of an illegal drug provided by a reliable and credible source or independent corroboration. 5. Newly discovered evidence that the employee has tampered with a previous drug test. D. When a supervisor suspects an employee is using illegal drugs, the super visor will gather all information, facts, and circumstances leading to and supporting this suspicion and meet with the next higher level supervisor and the servicing CPAC to review the evidence, in consultation with Agency legal counsel. The supervisor wil l prepare and maintain a written report to include, at a minimum, the appropriate dates and times of reported drug – related incidents, reliable/credible sources of information, rationale leading to the test, findings of the test, and the action taken. Notif ication to test is prepared by the supervisor and approved by the next higher level supervisor after coordination with the Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) and CPAC. The reasonable suspicion drug test will test for all five drugs authorized by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for testing under this program. E. The employee may be asked to provide a specimen under observation if there is reason to believe the employee may alter or substitute the specimen to be provided. (A decision to obtain a spe cimen under observation will be determined by the supervisor, in consultation with the legal office and the CPAC, DA PAM 600 - 85, 3 - 2, a,4). Direct observation collection will be conducted in accordance with (DHHS) Urine Specimen Collection Handbook for Fe deral Agency Workplace Drug Testing Programs, 1 October 2010, Chapter 7,D. F. The supervisor will notify the Alcohol and Drug Control Officer (ADCO) and provide the information necessary to arrange for the reasonable suspicion drug test, which will be conduc ted as soon as possible on the same day the test was approved. G. The supervisor will notify the CPAC if an employee refuses to be tested, and when the employee is found to use illegal drugs. (DA PAM 600 - 85, Chapter 3 - 2, a, 6) Section 7. Employees who are r emoved from safety related duties due to a confirmed alcohol test of .02 - .039 may be assigned administrative

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