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Section 900.103 Return to Duty

A. Regular Employees:
1. Employees who have successfully completed a rehabilitation program will be required to take a
drug and/or alcohol test with a negative result prior to returning to work.
2. Employees registering between .02 to .04 (but not including .04) on an alcohol breath-testing
devise will be tested prior to returning to duty to ensure the blood alcohol content is below .02
B. Transit Employees or CDL Holders: Transit Employees or CDL Holders are required to take a pre-
employment substance abuse test if they have not performed a safety-sensitive function for 90
consecutive calendar days regardless of the reason (exception – if employee has remained in random
pool during that time, no pre-employment test is required).

Section 900.104 Post-Accident

A. Regular Employees.
1. Any employee involved in an accident or incident in the course and scope of employment
involving a vehicle where there is property damage, injury to the employee, or injury to another
person will be drug and alcohol tested. Under the authority of Augusta, Georgia this includes
Transit employees and CDL holders.
2. Any employee involved in an accident or incident in the course of employment, not involving a
motor vehicle, which results in injury to the employee or to another person and which the injured
person receives or reasonably should receive medical treatment for the injury will be drug and
alcohol tested.
3. Employees who receive medical treatment for an occupational exposure (exposure to disease,
blood borne pathogen) will not be drug or alcohol tested, if the treatment is solely for the
occupational exposure.
4. Any employee involved in an accident or incident while driving a government motor vehicle,
whether or not the employee is on duty at the time of the accident, that results in a fatality will be
drug and alcohol tested.
B. Transit Employees and CDL Holders Federal regulations establish the criteria for post-accident
testing for Transit Employees or CDL Holders. Testing will be administered when:
1. a fatality occurs from an accident;
2. the employee receives a citation under State or local law for a moving traffic violation arising from
the accident;
3. a vehicle accident involving one or more vehicles occurs and any of the vehicles cannot move
from the accident scene under their own power; or
4. the performance of an employee could have contributed to the accident, as determined by
management using the best information at the time of the decision.
C. Employees will be tested as soon as possible after the accident but not more than 32 hours after the
accident. If a test has been required by law enforcement and employer cannot test employee within
given time limit, employer can request a copy of the test results from the authorizing agency.
D. Employees who are injured in the course of their employment, and refuse medical treatment may be
tested under the provisions of "For Cause" testing. The injury must be of such gravity as to obviously
require medical attention.

Section 900.105 For-Cause (Reasonable Suspicion) Testing

A. Any employee may be tested for illegal substances and/or alcohol when, based on specific,
contemporaneous, articulable observations concerning the appearance, behavior, speech, or body

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