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Definitions 1. Alcohol means ethyl alcohol (ethanol) and includes a distilled spirit, wine, a malt beverage or an intoxicating liquor. For purposes of this policy, alcohol is considered to be a drug. Thus, any reference to drugs and/or drug testing includes alcohol and/or alcohol testing. 2. Drugs means alcohol, an amphetamine, a cannabinoid, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), a hallucinogen, methaqualone, an opiate, a barbiturate, a benzodiazepine, a synthetic narcotic, a designer drug, or a metabolite of any of the substances listed in this policy. An employer may test an individual for any or all of such drugs. 3. Job Applicant means a person who has applied for a special-risk or safety-sensitive position with the County. 4. Employee means an individual who works for the County on a full-time or part-time basis and receives salary, wages, or compensation. 5. Drug Test. a. "Drug test" means any chemical, biological, or physical instrumental analysis administered, by a laboratory certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), for the purpose of determining the presence or absence of a drug or its metabolites. b. Drug testing may require the collection of blood, urine, breath, or saliva of an employee or job applicant. The County has the right to use more accurate, scientifically accepted methods which may be approved in the future by the FDA or AHCA as such technology becomes available in a cost-effective method. c. "Initial drug test" means a sensitive, rapid, and reliable procedure to identify negative and presumptive positive specimens, using an immunoassay procedure or an equivalent, or a more accurate scientifically accepted method approved by the FDA or AHCA as such more accurate technology becomes available in a cost-effective form. d. "Chain of custody" refers to the methodology of tracking specified materials or substances for the purpose of maintaining control and accountability from initial collection to final disposition for all such materials or substances and providing accountability at each stage in handling, testing, and storing specimens and reporting test results. e. "Confirmation test" means a second analytical procedure used to identify the presence of a specific drug or metabolite in a specimen, which test must be different in scientific principle from that of the initial test procedure and must be capable of providing requisite specificity, sensitivity, and quantitative accuracy. 6. Positive Confirmed Test or Confirmation Test means a second analytical procedure which confirms a positive result from an initial drug test in accordance with the Florida Drug-Free Workplace.