§ 2-235. Laboratory testing requirements.  


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  • All drug and alcohol testing of employees and applicants shall be conducted at medical facilities or laboratories selected by the city. To be considered as a testing site, the medical facility or lab must submit in writing a description of the procedures that will be used to maintain test samples. The municipality shall not select a test facility that does not employ:

    (1)

    Testing procedures that insure privacy to employees and applicants consistent with the prevention of tampering;

    (2)

    Methods of analysis that insure reliable test results including the use of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to confirm positive test results;

    (3)

    Chain of custody procedures that insure proper identification, labeling and handling of test samples; and

    (4)

    Retention and storage procedures that insure reliable results on confirmatory tests of original samples.

(Ord. No. 1217, § XVI, 7-25-94)