Title
Amendments to the Orange County Transportation Authority Drug and Alcohol Policy Manual
Overview
In accordance with the Drug and Alcohol Policy (# HROD-HR-420.17DRUG), revisions to the Drug and Alcohol Policy Manual are subject to management review and the Board of Directors’ approval.
Recommendation(s)
A. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer or designee to remove the requirement for drug and alcohol testing at the time of an employee’s Department of Transportation medical recertification and/or physical examinations (Manual Sections 5.5B and 6.2C).
B. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer or designee to increase the Orange County Transportation Authority’s random alcohol testing rate from 20 percent to 50 percent annually for all safety-sensitive employees in order to emulate the current testing rates for drugs (Manual Section 5.5G Policy Section VIIA).
C. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer or designee to remove the obsolete table of drug testing thresholds (Manual Section 5.4) and insert “drugs or classes of drugs to be tested and the applicable threshold levels for positive findings shall be determined by current Department of Transportation and Federal Transit Administration regulations.”
D. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer or designee to remove the Facilities Maintenance Department from the list of regulated safety-sensitive positions (Manual Section 9).