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What drug and alcohol testing incidents require notification to ITSR?

April 26, 2017alcohol drug incidents itsr NOTIFICATION require Testing

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What drug and alcohol testing incidents require notification to ITSR?

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Rail transport operators should notify ITSR of positive test results, refusal or failure to be tested, and interfering with test results or blood or urine samples. Specifically, clause 36 of the Regulation requires a rail transport operator to notify ITSR of the following: • any analysis of blood confirming the presence of a drug (other than alcohol) in the blood of a rail safety worker • any analysis of blood confirming that the prescribed concentration of alcohol is present in the rail safety worker’s blood • any analysis of urine confirming the presence of a drug in the urine of a rail safety worker • any breath test indicating that the prescribed concentration of alcohol is present in the rail safety worker’s breath or blood • any breath analysis confirming that the prescribed concentration of alcohol is present in the rail safety worker’s breath or blood • any rail safety worker who, when required to do so under this Regulation, fails to undergo a breath test, undergo a breath ana