Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §684, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 547, §2, is further amended to read:

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 coworkers if the employee were under the influence of a substance of abuse. Notwithstanding this subsection, an employee whose duties include the operation of an emergency vehicle must be tested under this subsection.__For the purposes of this paragraph, "emergency vehicle" means a fire department vehicle, a sheriff's department vehicle, a State Police or municipal police department vehicle, an emergency medical services vehicle and an ambulance owned or operated by a public or private ambulance service. It is the intent of the Legislature that the requirements of this paragraph be narrowly construed; or

SUMMARY

This bill requires random substance abuse testing for emergency vehicle operators. The testing procedures that will be used are defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 683.