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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 with the Florida Drug-Free Workplace. 7. Medical Review Officer (MRO) means a licensed physician who has knowledge of substance abuse disorders, laboratory testing procedures and chain of custody collection procedures, who is responsible for receiving and reviewing all positive confirmed test results, and who is responsible for contacting all individuals who tested positive in a confirmation test to inquire about possible medications which could have caused a positive result in accordance with Rule 59A-24. 008 , FAC. 8 . Prescription or Non-Prescription Medication means a medication obtained pursuant to a prescription as defined by Section 893 . 02, FS, or a medication that is authorized pursuant to federal or state law for general distribution and use without a prescription in the treatment of human diseases, ailments or injuries. 9. Reasonable Suspicion Drug Testing means drug testing based on a belief that an employee is using or has used drugs in violation of this policy drawn from specific objective and articulable facts and reasonable inferences drawn from those facts in light of experience. Among other things, such facts and inferences may be based upon: a. Observable phenomena while at work, such as direct observation of drug use or the physical symptoms or manifestations of being under the influence of a drug. b. Abnormal conduct or erratic behavior while at work or a significant deterioration in work performance. c. A report of drug use, provided by a reliable and credible source. d. Evidence that an individual has tampered with drug test during his employment with the current employer. e. Information that an employee has caused, or contributed to, an accident while at work. f. Evidence that an employee has used, possessed, sold, solicited, or transferred drugs while working or while on the employer' s premises or while operating the employer' s vehicle, machinery, or equipment. 10 . Safety-Sensitive Position means, with respect to a public employer, a position in which a drug impairment constitutes an immediate and direct threat to public health or safety, such as a position that requires the employee to carry a firearm, perform life-threatening 19