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alcohol concentration will be performed utilizing a non-evidential screening '1 device included by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on its conforming products list (e.g., a saliva screening device) or an evidential breath testing device ("EBT") operated by a trained breath alcohol technician ("BAT") at a collection site. All confirmation tests will be conducted in a location that affords privacy to the Driver being tested, unless unusual circumstances (e.g., when it is essential to conduct a test outdoors at the scene of an accident) make it impracticable to provide such privacy. If a breath test is being conducted, and a Driver does not provide a sufficient amount of breath to permit a valid breath test, the collector will instruct the Driver as to the proper way to provide a sufficient amount of breath, and ask the Driver to attempt to provide a sufficient amount of breath a second time. If the Driver again attempts and fails to provide a sufficient amount of breath, the collector may provide another opportunity for the Driver to do so if the collector believes that there is a strong likelihood that another opportunity could result in a sufficient amount of breath. The collector may then change to a saliva alcohol screening test, if the collector is qualified to provide such a test. If none of these procedures result in a sufficient amount of breath for an alcohol test, the Driver must obtain, within five days, an evaluation from a licensed physician who is acceptable to the City and whose expertise in the medical issues raised by the employee's failure to provide a sufficient specimen for testing. If the licensed physician concludes that a medical condition has, or with a high degree of probability could have, precluded the Driver from providing a sufficient specimen, the City will consider the test to be canceled. If the licensed physician cannot make such a determination, the City will consider the Driver to have refused to engage in the testing process, and will take appropriate disciplinary action under this policy. If the collector is utilizing a saliva alcohol test, and the employee is unable to provide sufficient saliva to complete the test on a saliva screening device, the collector will conduct a new screening test using a new screening device. If the employee has not provided a sufficient amount of saliva to complete the new test, the collector will arrange to administer an alcohol test to the employee using a breath testing device. B. Controlled Substance Testing The City will use a "split urine specimen" collection procedure for controlled substance testing. Collection of urine specimens for controlled substance testing will be conducted by an approved collector and will be conducted in a setting and manner calculated to ensure the Driver's privacy. The collection facility will be responsible for maintaining a proper chain of custody for delivery of the sample to a DHHS-certified laboratory for analysis. The laboratory will retain a sufficient portion of any positive sample for testing and store that portion in a scientifically-acceptable manner for a minimum of twelve (12) months. -� 8