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City of Arden Hills Personnel Policy'_` Effective February 29, 2016 <br />ri` 1 ILN HILLS Amended December- ' n October 28 2019 <br />Routine Physical Examination Testing. <br />The City may request or require an employee to undergo drug testing as part of a routine <br />physical examination. The City, in accordance with Minn. Stat. 5 181.951, subd. 3, will <br />request or require this type of testing no more than once annually, and the employee will <br />be provided with at least two weeks' written notice that the test will be required as part of <br />the physical examination. <br />Random Testing. <br />In accordance with Minn. Stat. § 181.951, subd. 4, the City may require an employee to <br />submit to random testing if the employee is in a safety -sensitive position. <br />Right of Refusal. <br />Employees and job applicants have the right to refuse to submit to an alcohol or drug test <br />under this policy. However, such a refusal will subject an employee to immediate <br />termination. If an applicant refuses to submit to applicant testing, any conditional offer of <br />employment will be withdrawn. <br />Any intentional act or omission by the employee or applicant that prevents the completion <br />of the testing process constitutes a refusal to test. <br />An applicant or employee who substitutes, or attempts to substitute, or alters, or attempts <br />to alter a testing sample is considered to have refused to take a drug and/or alcohol test. <br />In such a case, the employee is subject to immediate termination of employment, and in <br />the case of an applicant, the job offer will be immediately withdrawn. <br />Refusal on Religious Grounds <br />An employee or job applicant who, on religious grounds, refuses to undergo drug or <br />alcohol testing of a blood sample will not be considered to have refused testing, unless the <br />employee or job applicant also refuses to undergo drug or alcohol testing of a urine sample. <br />Cost of Required Testing. <br />The City will pay for the cost of all drug and alcohol testing requested or required of all job <br />applicants and employees, with the exception of confirmatory retests. Job applicants and <br />employees are responsible for paying for all costs associated with any requested <br />confirmatory retests. <br />PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND ALCOHOL <br />Use and Possession of Alcohol or Drug(s). <br />Employees are prohibited from the use, possession, transfer, transportation, manufacture, <br />22 <br />