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B. The employee works in a position the nature of which would
create an unreasonable threat to the health or safety of the
public or the employee's co-workers coworkers if the employee
were under the influence of a substance of abuse. It is the
intent of the Legislature that the requirements of this
paragraph be narrowly construed.; or

 
C.__The employer has established a random or arbitrary
testing program under this paragraph that applies to all
employees, except as provided in subparagraph (4),
regardless of position.

 
(1)__An employer may establish a testing program under
this paragraph only if the employer has 50 or more
employees who are not covered by a collective
bargaining agreement.

 
(2)__The written policy required by section 683,
subsection 2 with respect to a testing program under
this paragraph must be developed by a committee of at
least 10 of the employer's employees.__The employer
shall appoint members to the committee from a cross-
section of employees who are eligible to be tested.__
The committee must include a medical professional who
is trained in procedures for testing for substances of
abuse.__If no such person is employed by the employer,
the employer shall obtain the services of such a person
to serve as a member of the committee created under
this subparagraph.

 
(3)__The written policy developed under subparagraph
(2) must also require that selection of employees for
testing be performed by a person or entity not subject
to the employer's influence, such as a medical review
officer.__Selection must be made from a list, provided
by the employer, of all employees subject to testing
under this paragraph. The list may not contain
information that would identify the employee to the
person or entity making the selection.

 
(4)__Employees who are covered by a collective
bargaining agreement are not included in testing
programs pursuant to this paragraph unless they agree
to be included pursuant to a collective bargaining
agreement as described under paragraph A.

 
(5)__Before initiating a testing program under this paragraph,
the employer must obtain from the Department of Labor approval of
the policy developed by the


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