Positive Test Results
A student with a positive test result will meet with the Director of Student Services or designee to determine disciplinary and treatment options that the student must follow in order to be reinstated into school. MTI’s intent is to establish a positive environment in which these problems can be addressed locally in a helpful and supportive rather than a punitive way.
If a student tests positive for alcohol (0.02 or higher), the student will be removed from classes and taken home. A breath alcohol test administered the following day must be considered negative for alcohol concentration before the student may return to classes. If a student tests positive for alcohol in a subsequent follow-up test, the student will be referred to a substance abuse professional (SAP) and must complete a prescribed treatment plan and follow-up testing in order to remain enrolled at MTI. The student can continue to attend classes until such time as they can meet with the SAP as long as they test negative on alcohol tests that will be administered daily. The student is responsible for the cost of the initial referral to a SAP. The student will be responsible for the cost of any follow-up counseling or treatment and any follow-up drug testing.
If a student tests positive for drug use, the student will be immediately suspended from school while the results are reviewed. All positive tests for drug use (refusal to submit to a test or an altered specimen is considered a positive test result) will be reviewed by a medical review officer who is a licensed physician with knowledge of substance abuse disorders. The medical review officer will interpret and evaluate the results of each test, along with relevant medical information about each student, to determine whether or not a positive test resulted. The medical review officer will contact the student whose test is positive or whose test has been altered or refused. MTI will also be contacted by the medical review officer.
Based on the medical review officer’s review of a positive drug test, the student will be required to meet with a substance abuse professional (SAP) to determine the counseling or treatment plan the student must follow to remain enrolled at MTI. The student would also be subject to unannounced follow-up testing as determined by the SAP in order to remain in classes. The student is responsible for the cost of the initial referral to a SAP. The student will be responsible for the cost of any follow-up counseling or treatment and any follow-up drug testing.