§ 2-235. Laboratory testing requirements.
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)