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 Board of Directors’ approval.
Recommendation(s)
A. 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).
B. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer, or designee, to replace the obsolete table of drug testing thresholds (Manual Section 5.4), with “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.”
C. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer, or designee, to make all necessary edits to ensure Attachment B (Disclosure of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs form), prescription drug use physician review requirements (Manual Section 4.2A), are mandatory under Orange County Transportation Authority policy.
D. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer, or designee, to change the requirement for drug and alcohol testing at the time of an employee’s Department of Motor Vehicles medical recertification and/or physical examinations to implementing a biennial testing requirement and continuing with more proactive and stringent Department of Transportation random testing and prescription drug safeguard measures (Manual Section 5.5B, 5.5G, 6.2C, Attachment B, and Policy Section VIIA).
E. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer, or designee, to remove the Facilities Maintenance Department from the list of regulated safety-sensitive positions (Manual Section 9), in compliance with the federal definition.