EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK

including but not limited to, an Agency driver, a bus aide, a mechanic, or any other employee who holds a commercial driver’s license which is necessary to perform duties related to Agency employment are subject to the drug and alcohol testing requirements of applicable Federal law, the Agency’s drug and alcohol testing program, and this policy. 7. Driver is any person who operates a commercial motor vehicle. This includes, but is not limited to full time, regularly employed drivers; substitute, casual, intermittent or occasional drivers; leased drivers and independent owner-operator contractors who are either directly employed by or under lease to an employer or who operate a commercial motor vehicle at the direction of or with the consent of an employer. For the purposes of pre-employment testing, the term driver includes a person applying to drive a commercial motor vehicle. 8. Employer , for purposes of this policy, is the Antelope Valley Schools Transportation Agency. 9. Evidential Breath Testing Device (EDT) is a device approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for the evidential testing of breath and placed on NHTSA's "Conforming Products List of Evidential Breath Measurement Devices" (CPL). 10. Medical Review Officer (MRO) is a licensed physician (medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy) responsible for receiving laboratory results generated by an employer's drug testing program who has knowledge of substance abuse disorders and has appropriate medical training to interpret and evaluate an individual's confirmed positive test result together with his or her medical history and any other relevant biomedical information. 11. On-Duty Time , as the phrase is defined by Federal regulations and this policy, means all of the time from the time a covered employee begins to work, is required to be in readiness to work, until the time he or she is relieved for work and all responsibility for performing work. 12. Performing a Safety-Sensitive Function is any period in which the employee is actually performing, ready to perform, or immediately able to perform any safety sensitive functions. 13. Refusal To Submit (to an alcohol or controlled substance test) includes, but is not limited to, when an employee (1) fails to provide adequate breath for testing without a valid medical explanation after he or she has received notice of the requirement of breath testing, (2) fails to provide adequate urine for controlled substances testing without a valid medical explanation after he or she has received notice of the requirement for urine testing, or (3) engages in conduct that clearly obstructs the testing process. 14. Safety-Sensitive Function , for the purposes of this policy, shall mean any of the functions defined in Title 49 of the code of Federal Regulations. More specifically, safety-sensitive functions include all functions performed by a covered employee during on-duty time and include, but are not limited to: a. All time at the Agency, school facility, or other property waiting to be dispatched, unless the driver has been relieved from duty by the employer. b. All time inspecting equipment as required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) or otherwise inspecting, servicing, or conditioning any school bus or other commercial motor vehicle at any time. c. All time spent at the driving controls of a school bus or other commercial motor vehicle. d. All time, other than driving time, spent on or in a school bus or other commercial motor vehicle.

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Revised 8/9/2023