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Definitions <br />1. Alcohol means ethyl alcohol (ethanol) and includes a distilled spirit, wine, a malt beverage or an intoxicating <br />liquor. For purposes of this policy, alcohol is considered to be a drug. Thus, any reference to drugs and/or drug <br />testing includes alcohol and/or alcohol testing. <br />2. Drugs means alcohol, an amphetamine, a cannabinoid, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), a hallucinogen (as earlier <br />identified in Section 21.1), methaqualone, an opiate, a barbiturate, a benzodiazepine, a synthetic narcotic, or a <br />metabolite of any of the substances listed in this policy. An employer may test an individual for any or all of <br />such drugs. <br />3. Job Applicant means a person who has applied for a special -risk or safety -sensitive position with the <br />Employer. <br />4. Employee means an individual who works for the Employer on a full-time or part-time basis and receives <br />salary, wages, or compensation. <br />5. Drug Test. <br />a. "Drug test" means any chemical, biological, or physical instrumental analysis administered by a laboratory <br />certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or licensed by the Agency <br />for Health Care Administration (AHCA), for the purpose of determining the presence or absence of a drug <br />or its metabolites. <br />b. Drug testing may require the collection of blood, urine, breath, or saliva of an employee or job applicant. <br />The Employer has the right to use more accurate, scientifically accepted methods which may be approved <br />in the future by the FDA or AHCA as such technology becomes available in a cost-effective method. <br />c. "Initial drug test' means a sensitive, rapid, and reliable procedure to identify negative and presumptive <br />positive specimens, using an immunoassay procedure or an equivalent, or a more accurate scientifically <br />accepted method approved by the FDA or AHCA as such more accurate technology becomes available in a <br />cost-effective form. <br />d. "Chain of custody" refers to the methodology of tracking specified materials or substances for the purpose <br />of maintaining control and accountability from initial collection to final disposition for all such materials or <br />substances and providing accountability at each stage in handling, testing, and storing specimens and <br />reporting test results. <br />e. "Confirmation test" means a second analytical procedure used to identify the presence of a specific drug or <br />metabolite in a specimen, which test must be different in scientific principle from that of the initial test <br />procedure and must be capable of providing requisite specificity, sensitivity, and quantitative accuracy. <br />6. Positive Confirmed Test or Confirmation Test means a second analytical procedure which confirms a <br />positive result from an initial drug test in accordance with with the Florida Drug -Free Workplace. <br />7. Medical Review Officer (MRO) means a licensed physician who has knowledge of substance abuse disorders, <br />laboratory testing procedures and chain of custody collection procedures, who is responsible for receiving and <br />reviewing all positive confirmed test results, and who is responsible for contacting all individuals who tested <br />positive in a confirmation test to inquire about possible medications which could have caused a positive result in <br />accordance with Rule 59A-24.008, FAC. <br />8. Prescription or Non -Prescription Medication means a medication obtained pursuant to a prescription as <br />defined by Section 893.02, FS, or a medication that is authorized pursuant to federal or state law for general <br />distribution and use without a prescription in the treatment of human diseases, ailments or injuries. <br />78 <br />