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If the drug screen is positive, the employee must provide within 24 hours of request bona fide verification of a valid current prescription for the drug identified in the drug screen. The prescription must be in the employee's name. If the employee does not provide acceptable verification of a valid prescription, or if the prescription is not in the employee's name, or if the employee has not previously notified his or her supervisor, the employee will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. If an alcohol or drug test is positive for alcohol or drugs, the District shall conduct an investigation to gather all facts. The decision to discipline or terminate will be carried out in conformance with Chapters 24-26 of the District's Personnel Policy Manual. The Alcohol/Drug Abuse Report shall not be considered valid until signed by a trained supervisor/manager and the General Manager or his designee. Any such report shall be removed from the file unless confirmation is made the violation took place. CONFIDENTIALITY Suspicion of, discipline for, participation in EAP laboratory reports and test results shall not appear in an employee's general personnel folder. Information of this nature will be contained in a separate confidential medical folder that will be securely kept under the control of the Human Resources office. The reports or test results may be disclosed to District management on a strictly need -to -know basis and to the tested employee upon request. Disclosures, without patient consent, may also occur when: (1) the information is compelled by law or by judicial or administrative process; (2) the information has been placed at issue in a formai dispute between the employee and employee; (3) the information is needed by medical personnel for the diagnosis or treatment of the patient who is unable to authorize disclosure. Disclosure of any information garnered through the administration of this policy is a violation of this policy and may cause discipline up to and including termination of the person or persons making the disclosure. ARTICLE 44 INDUSTRIAL INJURY AUGMENTATION Upon full return to duty, employees who have been on industrial leave and whose vacation and sick leave accruals have fallen below 40 hours each will be advanced sufficient hours to establish accruals of 40 hours sick leave and 40 hours vacation. Employees will receive no additional accruals to these hours until their normal accruals have reached 40 hours vacation and 40 hours sick leave. ARTICLE 45 EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM The District will reimburse up to $15 per month for wellnesslfitness related expense such as non-traditional medical treatment, health club memberships, weight loss programs, smoking cessation programs, etc. 30