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An employee injured at work and required to be tested will be taken a medical facility for immediate treatment of injury. If the injured employee is not at a designated collection site, the employee will be transported to one as soon as it is medically feasible and specimens will be obtained. If it is not medically feasible to move the injured employee, specimens will be obtained at the treating facility under the procedures set forth in this program and transported to an approved testing laboratory. No specimen will be taken prior to the administration of emergency medical care. An injured employee must authorize release to the City the results of any test conducted for the purpose of showing the presence of alcohol or drugs. F. Body Specimens Urine will be used for the initial test for all drugs except alcohol and for the confirmation of all drugs except alcohol. Blood will be used for the initial and confirmation tests for alcohol for complying with the provisions of § 440.101-.104, Fla. Stat. Sufficient volume of specimens shall be obtained so as to provide for the necessary number of samples as may be required, depending upon the number of required procedures. Chemical breath testing methods or other reliable mechanisms may be utilized in connection with justifying further alcohol/blood tests in instances involving reasonable suspicion, and random (if instituted in the future) testing under this program, but are not required to be first utilized. In the case of injured employees, the physician will have the discretion to determine to not draw a blood sample if such would threaten the health of the injured employee or if the employee has a medical condition unrelated to the accident which may preclude the drawing of the necessary quantity of blood for a testing specimen. Under these circumstances, no inference or presumption of intoxication or impairment will be made for the purposes of § 440.101-.102, but discipline for violation of the Program may be taken based upon observable conduct or conditions and/or the result of other test, if any. G. Cost of Testing The City will pay the cost of initial and confirmation drug tests, which it requires of employees and job applicants. An employee or job applicant will pay the cost of any additional drug test not required by the City. H. Collection Site, Work Site 1. The City will utilize a collection site designated by an approved laboratory which has all necessary personnel, materials, equipment, facilities, and supervision to provide for the collections, security, chain of custody procedures, temporary storage and shipping or transportation of urine and blood specimens to an approved drug testing laboratory. The City may also utilize a medical facility as a collection site which meets the applicable requirements. 2. The City may require that an employee take a chemical breath test at the Work Site or other City facility. 3. Security of the collection site, chain of custody procedures, privacy of the individual, collection control, integrity and identity of the specimen and transportation of the specimen to the laboratory as applicable will meet state or federal rules and guidelines. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services CHAIN OF CUSTODY form (HRS for 1806, as amended from time to time-last revision 5/91) will be used for each employee or job applicant whose blood or urine is tested. (Reso)Sib Drug-Free Workplace Program-Rev 01182018 Page 13 of41 1/18/2018