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the required information. The City will obtain (pursuant to the applicant's written consent) information on the applicant's alcohol tests with a concentration result of 0.04 or greater, positive controlled substance test results, and refusals to be tested within the preceding two (2) years which are maintained by the applicant's previous employers. In addition, the City will obtain all information concerning the applicant which is maintained by the applicant's previous employers within the preceding two (2) years pursuant to FMCSA controlled substance and alcohol testing regulations. The City will review such records, if feasible, prior to the first time a Driver performs safety-sensitive functions, but in any event no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the first time a Driver performs safety-sensitive functions for the City. V. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND ALCOHOL TESTING The City may test any applicant to whom a conditional offer of employment has been made and may test any Driver for controlled substance and alcohol under any of the following circumstances: A. Pre-Employment Testing The City will conduct pre-employment controlled substance testing of each applicant for a Driver position after a conditional job offer has been made to the applicant and prior to the first time a Driver performs a safety-sensitive function for the City. A Driver may not perform safety-sensitive functions unless the Driver has received a controlled substance test result from the Medical Review Officer indicating a verified negative test result. As an alternative to pre-employment controlled substance testing, the City may obtain information from the applicant's previous employers certifying compliance with another DOT controlled substance testing program. If requested, each applicant must execute a consent form authorizing the disclosure of such information. Pre-employment alcohol testing will not be conducted. B. Post-Accident Testing As soon as practicable following an accident involving a commercial motor vehicle operating on a public road in commerce, the City will test for alcohol and controlled substance each surviving Driver: (1) who was performing safety-sensitive functions with respect to the vehicle, if the accident involved the loss of human life; or (2) who receives a citation under State or local law for a moving traffic violation arising from the accident and one of the following two conditions is met: (1) the accident involved bodily injury to any person who, as a result of the injury, immediately receives medical treatment away from the scene of the accident, or (2) one or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the accident, requiring the motor vehicle to be transported away from the scene by a tow truck or other motor vehicle. 4