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<br /> <br />72 <br /> <br />P. To provide Covered Employees with substantial advanced notice regarding this <br />Policy, LPFD will implement this Policy no earlier than three months from the <br /> <br />III. PROCEDURE: <br />TYPES OF TESTING <br />A. Pre- Employment Screening <br />1. Applicants seeking initial employment with LPFD in any of the job <br />classifications identified in the definition of Covered Employees shall be <br />subject to a pre-employment screening for drugs. Pre-employment <br />screening does not apply to existing LPFD employees applying for <br />promotion or assignment to another position with the LPFD. LPFD will <br />provide notice to applicants that they will be required to undergo and pass <br />a pre-employment drug test as a condition of employment in advance of <br />hiring. In such notice, LPFD will provide a description of the associated <br />drug (and potentially alcohol) test. <br />2. Applicants who test positive for substances prohibited by this Policy will <br />have an opportunity to demonstrate to a third-party Medical Review <br />Officer that their use of the substance is authorized by a prescription from <br />a health care provider and that such use is in a manner consistent with <br />the instructions set forth in the supporting prescription. If the applicant <br />makes a satisfactory showing, then the positive drug test does not <br />disqualify the applicant from appointment. <br />3. Applicants found to have a positive screening test for drugs or alcohol <br />shall be disqualified from appointment. Refusing to submit to a pre- <br />employment screening required under this subsection will be deemed a <br />failure of the screening, thereby resulting in a rejection of the <br />application for the appointment. <br />B. Reasonable Suspicion <br />1. Covered Employees are required to submit to a drug or alcohol test <br />authorized by this Policy when a Trained Employee has reasonable <br />suspicion to believe that a Covered Employee is under the influence of <br />means any employee of the LPFD <br />who has participated in the training program further described in this <br />Policy. <br />2. <br />articulable observations concerning the appearance, behavior, speech <br />and/or body odors of the employee and reasonable inferences drawn from <br />Page 266 of 674