Okaloosa County BOCC — April 19, 2016 — Drug Free Workplace Policy Updates

CHAPTER XXIII – DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE POLICY Section C – Substance and Alcohol Misuse Policy DOT FTA – For Employees Performing Maintenance on Revenue Service Vehicles or Equipment (Revised: August 18, 2015) 3) Definitions g) Dilute Specimen - A specimen with creatinine and specific gravity values that are lower than expected for human urine. A negative dilute specimen is treated as a negative result and will only require an employee to be immediately retested as directed by the MRO. If a retest is required, then the result of the second test will be used as the test result of record. A positive dilute specimen is treated as a verified positive result. This process is followed during all testing phases: pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, random, return-to-duty, and follow-up testing. APPENDIX B The following individuals are designated by Okaloosa County to be available to all employees for the purpose of answering any questions about the Substance Abuse and Alcohol Misuse Policy, including information about the availability of materials on substance abuse and alcohol misuse: Kay GodwinGinNeal McVay, Human Resources Director Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners Human Resources Department 601-B N. Pearl Street5479B Old Bethel Rd. Crestview, FL 32536 (850) 689-5870 Carol J. Law, Ph.D. Drug Free Workplaces, Inc. 25 W. Romana Street Pensacola, FL 32501 (850) 434-3782 1-800-430-3782 APPENDIX C Educational materials about the effects of substance abuse, including alcohol, signs and symptoms of alcohol and controlled substance problems and available methods of intervening, including confrontation, referral to an employee assistance program and/or referral to management are available to all employees at the following location: Okaloosa County Human Resources Department 601-B N. Pearl Street5479B Old Bethel Rd. Crestview, FL 32536 In addition, all employees will receive as new hires a copy of an alcohol fact sheet. Distribution of the fact sheet is a requirement of the FMCSA and FTA. The sheet includes the signs and symptoms of alcohol use, health effects, and social issues associated with misuse of alcohol. A copy of the Substance Abuse and Alcohol Misuse Policy is available to representatives of employee organizations. Specifically, this Appendix will serve as written notification to such representatives regarding the availability of educational materials for employees.