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<br />3. Controlling dispatch or movement of a revenue service vehicle;
<br />4. Maintaining (including repairs, overhaul and rebuilding) a revenue service vehicle or equipment
<br />used in revenue service. This section does not apply to the following: an employer who receives
<br />funding under 49 U.S.C. 5307 or 5309, is in an area less than 200,000 in population, and contracts
<br />out such services; or an employer who receives funding under 49 U.S.C. 5311 and contracts out such
<br />services;
<br />5. Carrying a firearm fot• security purposes.
<br />B. Employees who drive or mechanically maintain a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). The Federal
<br />Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has interpreted driving a CMV on a road, street ot• way
<br />which is open to public travel, even though privately-owned or subject to military control, as prima facie
<br />evidence of operation in commerce. ^~•• ••°"~^'°^ •~•~*" ° ^''* ~ ° °f~~ nnn .., „ate ,,.i,;°~
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<br />" " .FMCSA safety-sensitive function(s) are
<br />defined as and include all time from the time an employee begins to work, or is required to be in
<br />teadiness to work, until the time the employee is relieved from work and all responsibility performing
<br />work. Safety-sensitive functions shall include:
<br />1. All time at a carrier or shipper plant, terminal, facility, ot• other property, or on any public property,
<br />waiting to be dispatched, unless the driver has been relieved from duty by the employer. This
<br />includes employees who are "eligible" at work to drive a CMV at anytime, e.g., salespersons, clerks,
<br />secretaries, supervisors;
<br />2. All time inspecting equipment as required by 49 C.F.R 392.7, "Equipment, Inspection, and Use,"
<br />and 49 C.F.R 392.8, "Emergency Equipment and Use," or otherwise inspecting, servicing, or
<br />conditioning any CMV at any time;
<br />3. All driving time, which is any time spent at the driving controls of a CMV in operation;
<br />4. All time, other than driving time, in or upon any CMV except time spent resting in a sleeper berth;
<br />5. All time loading or unloading a vehicle, supervising or assisting in loading or unloading, attending a
<br />vehicle being loaded or unloaded, remaining ready to operate the vehicle, or giving or receiving
<br />receipts for shipments loaded or unloaded;
<br />6. All time repairing, obtaining assistance for, or remaining with a disabled vehicle.
<br />C. Applicants and all current employees who apply fot• assignment, transfer, or promotion to a DOT
<br />regulated position must sign an Authorization for Release of Personal Information Form for the release
<br />of alcohol and drug testing data cotnpiled by previous employers covered by 49 CFR Part 40 and
<br />provide the County infot•mation about drug and alcohol violations. Departments that have DOT
<br />regulated positions will contact Human Resources for guidance in obtaining this infortnation.
<br />~D. ~~peet-te-DOT -regulated £employees, are prohibited from the use
<br />or possession of alcohol while on duty, . T"° ~'°••~'~• ~°°"~'~~'°-the use of alcohol "~•''~°~° °~~'°••°°~ rnr
<br />four F4}hours prior to duty, and .'-'^`'' D°°••'°*°a ~'~^^'^~•°°° m°==-^~1~~~, the use of prescription
<br />medications while at work or expected to be at work, unless the prescription medications ~~-
<br />beet~are prescribed by a physician who undersconsidered the safety-sensitive nahtre of the
<br />employee's job when prescribing the medication.
<br />E. DOT- ~tegulated employees •••~" "° °~~•°~ must complete a DOT pre-employment drug test ~
<br />*"~~e~re-when hired for, or transferred to, a DOT c-eovered position.
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<br />Attachment number 2
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