§ 11.10.085. Drug and alcohol testing.
A.
The commission shall:
1.
Cause to be established a drug and alcohol testing program for chauffeurs of regulated vehicles. The program shall:
a.
Include chauffeur drug and alcohol reasonable cause, post-accident, and post-citation tests.
b.
Provide for the immediate denial, suspension, or revocation of the chauffeur's license by the transportation inspector of any chauffeur failing, or failing to submit to, a chauffeur drug or alcohol test under this section. The denial, suspension, or revocation shall be for a period of not less than six months for a first offense. In the case of a suspension or revocation under this section, the period may continue beyond six months until such time as the chauffeur shall submit evidence of successful completion of a drug or alcohol abuse treatment program.
c.
Provide for the immediate revocation by the transportation inspector of the chauffeur's license of any chauffeur failing or failing to submit to a reasonable cause, post-accident, or post-citation test, for a period of not less than two years for a second or subsequent failure or refusal to submit to a required drug and/or alcohol test within a ten year period.
2.
Establish fees to pay for drug and alcohol testing. Costs of testing for reasonable cause tests, post-accident drug or alcohol tests, and post-citation drug or alcohol tests shall be borne by permittees.
B.
A design, cost structure, and fee determination for the drug and alcohol testing program shall be developed and implemented by the transportation inspector subject to the following conditions:
1.
Direct operational costs for the post-accident, post-citation, and reasonable cause drug and alcohol testing program shall be borne by permittees.
(AO No. 93-220, § 4, 5-23-94; AO No. 94-93(S), § 1, 5-16-94; AO No. 97-79, § 1, 6-3-97; AO No. 97-92, § 1, 7-1-97; AO No. 98-51(S), § 1, 5-4-99; AO No. 2013-109(S-1), § 1, 12-3-13; AO No. 2018-6(S) , § 1, 4-10-18)