2007-61 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS - POLICE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION LABOR COMMITTEE

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EXHIBIT E Section 1. Only laboratories that are agreed to by the U ion and the City and that meet the draft National Institute of Health standards shall be used t conduct tests, except for tests given by a breathalyzer operator duly certified by the Illinois De artment of Public Health. The labs must use tamperproof containers, have a chain-of-cus ody procedure, maintain confidentiality, and preserve specimens for a minimum of six (6) lonths. The labs must be willing to demonstrate their sample handling procedures to the Union t any time. The labs shall participate in a program of"blind" proficiency testing where they anal �ze unknown samples sent by an independent party. The labs shall make such results available t the Union upon request. All testing of blood samples shall be by chemical analysis of the bl d or blood serum by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GGMS). At the time a blood o urine specimen is taken, the employee shall be given a copy of the specimen collection procedu es, the specimens must be immediately sealed, labeled and initialed by the employee to insure t t the specimens tested by the laboratory are those of the employee. The required procedures are s follows: � The specimen shall be taken promptly with as little delay as possi le. Immediately after the specimens are taken, the individual specimen container shall, in the resence of the employee and a Union representative if requested by the employee, be labele and then initialed by the employee. The employee has an obligation to identify each speci en and initial same. The specimens shall be placed in the transportation container after being taken. Then the container shall be sealed in the employee's presence and in the presence of the nion representative if so requested by the employee and the employee given an opportunity to i itial or sign the container. The container shall be sent to the designated testing laboratory on that day or the soonest normal business day by courier or the fastest other method available. Section 2. In the event the test results show the presence of alcohol, presumptions shall apply in accord with the following chart. Elapsed Time Since I Employee Has Begun Presumed to His Workday to Time Considered Have Been Test Was Given Unimpaired No Presumption Im aired 0 Hours— 1 Hour .OS or less .OS but not .08 ,.08 or more 1 Hour—2 Hours .04 or less .04 but not .07 .07 or more 2 Hours— 3 Hours .03 or less .03 but not .06 .06 or more 3 Hours—4 Hours .02 or less .02 but not .OS .OS or more 4 Hours— 5 Hours .O1 or less .O1 but not .04 .04 or more 5 Hours—6 Hours .00 or less .00 but not .03 .03 or more 6 Hours— 7 Hours .00 or less .00 but not .02 .02 or more Testing to a laboratory and chosen from a list of laboratories a reed to by the parties and which meet the draft National Institute of Health Standards. The c st shall be borne by the employee requesting such testing. If the retest results are negative, the ost of such retest shall be paid by the City, and the employee's records cleared. 36