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3. The applicant shall report to the designated test site as directed. 4. Applicants to be tested are required to sign the drug screening consent form. B. Random Testing. 1. Employees occupying safety- sensitive positions or DOT regulated employees are subject to random drug testing. Such testing is unannounced and coordinated by the policy administrator. The policy administrator or designee shall notify the affected employee's supervisor of the time and place the employee should report for testing. 2. A supervisor shall NOT give an employee advance notice of unannounced testing, but shall notify the affected employee on the day of the testing and just prior to the employee being tested. C. Promotion or Assignment to a Safety- Sensitive Position. 1. The department head or designee shall explain the drug testing requirements to all current employees who apply for assignment, transfer, or promotion to a safety- sensitive position. 2. Promotion to a position shall be denied to any applicant who refuses to submit to the test, receives a positive test result, or otherwise violates this policy. 3. A negative test result does not guarantee that a current employee will be promoted to the position for which he or she applied. 4. Supervisors for employees being promoted are responsible for ensuring that such employees have completed the required drug testing prior to promotion or assignment. D. Post - Accident as defined in VI, 4 and 5. 1. The supervisor who first learns that an accident has occurred may direct the employee(s) or vehicle operator(s) involved to submit to drug and alcohol testing. A decision NOT to require such testing of an employee or vehicle operator may only be made by the policy administrator or safety & risk manager. The supervisor shall provide or arrange appropriate transportation for testing. 2. An employee required to submit to drug and alcohol testing following an accident or moving traffic violation must make himself or herself available for testing within three hours of the accident or violation. Failure to be available within such time will be considered a refusal to submit to testing, unless there is a clear hindrance. For example, an employee with life - threatening injuries or injuries that result in death. It is important to emphasize that nothing is to prevent the individual from receiving of required medical attention. 3. If a vehicle operator who is required to submit to drug and alcohol testing following a vehicle accident is unable to report to the regular testing site due to injuries, and drug and /or alcohol testing is conducted pursuant to NCGS 20 -16.2 or pursuant to medical treatment, the vehicle operator shall provide the policy administrator with an authenticated record of the results of that testing. 4. Any mechanic for a County vehicle involved in an accident may be required to submit to drug and alcohol testing if the reason for the accident was a result or suspected result of mechanical or materials failure. 5. The supervisor of a mechanic shall within twenty -four hours of an accident, review the maintenance records for the affected vehicle(s) within one year of the accident and the nature of the work done. As soon as practicable, the supervisor shall obtain the Traffic Accident Report and determine the likelihood that a mechanical or materials failure contributed to the accident. If the supervisor has cause to suspect that a mechanical or materials failure contributed to the accident, he or she shall report the reasons for such suspicion and provide the affected vehicle's maintenance records to the policy administrator. The policy administrator shall determine whether to require the affected mechanic to undergo drug and /or alcohol testing. The mechanic must make himself or herself 11 Attachment number 1 F -6 Page 117