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A. Pre-employment. <br />1. The County, as a public employer, is entrusted with the health and safety of its citizens. In keeping <br />with this obligation, all final applicants selected for employment with Cabarrus County are required <br />to undergo a pre-employment drug screening. <br />2. The County includes notice of pre-employment drug screening injob announcements and on the <br />Cabarrus County Government Employment Application. <br />3. The applicant shall report to the designated test site as directed. <br />4. Applicants to be tested are required to sign the drug screening consent form. <br />5. Failure of a pre-employment screen will disqualify the application for a period of one year from the <br />date of testing. <br />B. Random Testing. <br />1. Employees occupying safety -sensitive positions or DOT regulated employees are subject to random <br />drug testing. Such testing is unannounced and coordinated by the policy administrator. The policy <br />administrator or designee shall notify the affected employee's supervisor of the time and place the <br />employee should report for testing. Separate pools are maintained for DOT and non -DOT county <br />drivers. <br />2. A supervisor shall NOT give an employee advance notice of unannounced testing, but shall notify <br />the affected employee on the day of the testing andjust prior to the employee being tested. The <br />employee should proceed immediately to the collection site. <br />C. Promotion or Assignment to a Safety -Sensitive Position. <br />1. The department head or designee shall explain the drug testing requirements to all current employees <br />who apply for assignment, transfer, or promotion to a safety -sensitive position. <br />2. Promotion to a position shall be denied to any applicant who refuses to submit to the test, receives a <br />positive test result, or otherwise violates this policy. <br />3. A negative test result does not guarantee that a current employee will be promoted to the position for <br />which he or she applied. <br />4. Supervisors for employees being promoted are responsible for ensuring that such employees have <br />completed the required drug testing prior to promotion or assignment. <br />D. Post -Accident as defined in VI, 4 and 5. <br />1. Employees involved in on-the-job accidents may be required to submit to drug and alcohol testing <br />based on the potential cause of the accident. This decision will be made at the discretion of the <br />supervisor and Safety Officer/Risk Management. The supervisor shall provide or arrange <br />appropriate transportation for testing. <br />2. An employee required to submit to drug and alcohol testing following an accident or moving traffic <br />violation must make himself or herself available for testing within three hours of the accident or <br />violation. Failure to be available within such time will be considered a refusal to submit to testing, <br />unless there is a clear hindrance. For example, an employee with life-threatening injuries or injuries <br />that result in death. It is important to emphasize that nothing is to prevent the individual from <br />receiving of required medical attention. <br />3. If a vehicle operator who is required to submit to drug and alcohol testing following a vehicle <br />accident is unable to report to the regular testing site due to injuries, and drug and/or alcohol testing <br />is conducted pursuant to NCGS 20-16.2 or pursuant to medical treatment, the vehicle operator shall <br />provide the policy administrator with an authenticated record of the results of that testing. <br />Attachment number 1 \n <br />F-5 Page 62 <br />