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5.3 Alcohol and Drug Use No safety-sensitive or non-safety-sensitive employee should report for duty or remain on duty when his/her ability to perform assigned safety-sensitive functions is adversely affected by alcohol or when his/her breath alcohol concentration is 0.04 or greater. No safety-sensitive or non-safety-sensitive employee shall use alcohol while on duty, in uniform, while performing safety- sensitive functions, or just before or just after performing a safety-sensitive function. No safety-sensitive or non-safety-sensitive employee shall use alcohol within four hours of reporting for duty, or during the hours that they are on call. All safety sensitive employees are prohibited from reporting for duty .or remaining on duty any time there is a quantifiable presence of a prohibited substance in the body above the minimum thresholds defined in 49 CFR Part 40, as amended. Violation of these provisions is prohibited and punishable by disciplinary action up to and including termination. 5.4 Compliance with Testing Requirements All safety-sensitive and non-safety-sensitive employees will be subject to urine drug testing and breath alcohol testing as a condition of employment. Any safety-sensitive or non-safety-sensitive employee who refuses to comply with a request for testing shall be removed from duty and their employment terminated. Any safety-sensitive or non-safety-sensitive employee who is suspected of providing false information in connection with a test, or who is suspected of falsifying test results through tampering, contamination, adulteration, or substitution will be required to undergo an observed collection. Verification of falsifying test results will result in the employee, removal from duty and their employment terminated. Refusal can include an inability to provide a sufficient urine specimen or breath sample without a valid 'medical explanation, as well as a verbal declaration, obstructive behavior, or physical absence resulting in the inability to conduct the test. Drug tests can. be performed any time a safety sensitive employee is on duty. An alcohol t~st can be performed when the safety sensitive employee is actually performing a safety sensitive duty, just before, or just after the performance of a safety sensitive duty. 5.5 Treatment Requirements. All employees are encouraged to make use of the available resources for treatment for alcohol misuse and illegal drug use problems. Under certain circumstances, employees may be required to undergo treatc~ent for substance abuse or alcohol misuse. Any employee who refuses or fails to comply with transit system requirements for treatment, after care, or return to duty shall be 4