Drug and Alcohol Policy Standard for Contractors

• Used for pre-employment testing or when an Employee is unable to produce a saliva sample. 2. Urinalysis as a pre-screening test with Saliva test as the main confirmation test at laboratory when pre-screening urine test is non- negative. • Used for reasonable cause and post-accident/incident and near miss testing. The method of testing for Unauthorized and Unlawful Substances will be determined by the Company based on the circumstances of the situation requiring testing. 2. Collection Privacy The Company and the Testing Agent will ensure that only professionally trained collection personnel are used and that quality assurance requirements for urine, saliva and breath testing and analysis, as well as strict confidentiality requirements, are followed. All testing will be conducted at a designated location that affords sufficient privacy to prevent unauthorized persons from seeing or hearing test results. 3. Alcohol Screen Testing (Breath Alcohol Testing) Alcohol screen testing will be conducted with an approved evidential breath tester. All alcohol screening tests at .04 or higher will be confirmed with an approved evidential breath alcohol testing device. 4. Testing Results 1. Alcohol: The Employee will be deemed positive if the original screen test and a second test taken shortly thereafter both identify a positive result. If the test is positive, the Medical Review Officer (MRO) will contact the Employee, advise him or her of the Positive Screen and the Testing Agent and/or MRO shall contact Human Resources to advise of the Positive Screen. 2. Unauthorized and Unlawful Substances, excluding alcohol (drugs): If the screening test is negative, the Testing Agent and/or MRO will contact the Employee and advise him or her of the negative test result and the Testing Agent and/or MRO will contact Human Resources to advise the negative test result. If an Employee’s test result is deemed non-negative after the original screening test, the Testing Agent and/or MRO will contact the Employee, advise him or her of the non-negative test result. Furthermore, the Testing Agent and/or MRO will contact Human Resources to advise of the need to have lab testing to confirm the test result. • If the lab test is positive (which will take a minimum of 2 – 3 business days to confirm) the MRO shall contact the Employee and advise him or her of

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