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House Journal: Page 831: Monday, March 20, 1995

11     a.  "Alcohol" means ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide
12   of ethyl, or spirits of wine, from whatever source or
13   by whatever process produced.
14     b.  "Chain of custody" means the methodology of
15   tracking specified materials, specimens, or substances
16   for the purpose of maintaining control and
17   accountability from initial collection to final
18   disposition for all such materials, specimens, or
19   substances and providing for accountability at each
20   stage in handling, testing, and storing materials,
21   specimens, or substances and reporting test results.
22     c.  "Confirmation test", "confirmed test", or
23   "confirmed substance abuse test" means a second
24   analytical procedure used to identify the presence of
25   a specific drug or metabolite in a specimen.  The
26   confirmation test must be different in scientific
27   principle from that of the initial test procedure.
28   This confirmation method must be capable of providing
29   requisite specificity, sensitivity, and quantitative
30   accuracy.
31     d.  "Drug" or "drugs" means amphetamines,
32   cannabinoids, cocaine, phencyclidine, opiates,
33   barbiturates, benzodiazepines, methadone,
34   methaqualene, propoxyphene, or a metabolite of any
35   such substances.
36     e.  "Employee" means any person who works for
37   salary, wages, or other remuneration for an employer,
38   including those working part-time or as leased
39   employees.  "Employee" also means employee as defined
40   in section 85.61 and includes the employer, and any
41   chief executive officer, president, vice president,
42   supervisor, manager, and officer of the employer.
43     f.  "Employee assistance program (EAP)" means a
44   program designed to assist in the identification and
45   resolution of job performance problems associated with
46   employees impaired by personal concerns.  A minimum
47   level of core services must include consultation and
48   training; professional, confidential, appropriate, and
49   timely problem assessment services; short-term problem
50   resolution; referrals for appropriate diagnosis,
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 1   treatment, and assistance; follow-up and monitoring;
 2   employee education; and quality assurance.
 3     g.  "Employer" means a person or entity that is
 4   subject to the provisions of this section.
 5     h.  "Initial test" means a sensitive, rapid, and
 6   reliable procedure to identify negative and
 7   presumptive positive specimens.  All initial tests
 8   shall use an immunoassay procedure or an equivalent
 9   procedure or shall use a more accurate scientifically
10   accepted method approved by the federal department of
11   health and human services national laboratory

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