§ 653.73 - Reporting of results in a management information system.

(a) Each recipient shall submit to FTA's Office of Safety and Security by March 15 of each year a report covering the previous calendar year (January 1 through December 31), which summarizes the results of its anti-drug program.

(b) Each recipient shall be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of each report submitted by an employer, consortium or joint enterprise or by a third party service provider acting on the employer's behalf.

(c) Each report that contains information on verified positive drug test results shall be submitted on the FTA Drug Testing Management Information System (MIS) Data Collection Form and shall include the following informational elements:

(1) Number of FTA covered employees by employee category.

(2) Number of covered employees subject to testing under the anti-drug regulations of the United States Coast Guard.

(3) Number of specimens collected by type of test (i.e., pre-employment, periodic, random, etc.) and employee category.

(4) Number of positives verified by a Medical Review Officer (MRO) by type of test, type of drug, and employee category.

(5) Number of negatives verified by a MRO by type of test and employee category.

(6) Number of persons denied a position as a covered employee following a verified positive drug test.

(7) Number of covered employees verified positive by an MRO or who refused to submit to a drug test, who were returned to duty in covered positions during the reporting period (having complied with the recommendations of a substance abuse professional as described in § 653.37).

(8) Number of employees with tests verified positive by a MRO for multiple drugs.

(9) Number of covered employees who were administered alcohol and drug tests at the same time, with both a verified positive drug test result and an alcohol test result indicating an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater.

(10) Number of covered employees who refused to submit to a random drug test required under this part.

(11) Number of covered employees who refused to submit to a non-random drug test required under this part.

(12) Number of covered employees and supervisors who received training during the reporting period.

(13) Number of fatal and nonfatal accidents which resulted in a verified positive post-accident drug test.

(14) Number of fatalities resulting from accidents which resulted in a verified positive post-accident drug test.

(15) Identification of FTA funding source(s).

(d) If all drug test results were negative during the reporting period, the employer must use the “EZ form” (appendix C). It shall contain:

(1) Number of FTA covered employees.

(2) Number of covered employees subject to testing under the anti-drug regulation of the United States Coast Guard.

(3) Number of specimens collected and verified negative by type of test and employee category.

(4) Number of covered employees verified positive by an MRO or who refused to submit to a drug test, who were returned to duty in covered positions during the reporting period (having complied with the recommendations of a substance abuse professional as described in § 653.37).

(5) Number of covered employees who refused to submit to a random drug test under this part and how many of those were random test refusals.

(6) Number of covered employees who refused to submit to a non-random drug test required under this part.

(7) Number of covered employees and supervisors who received training during the reporting period.

(8) Identification of FTA funding source(s).