La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § XI-309
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Section XI-309 - Conditions Requiring Drug TestsA. Reasonable Suspicion. Any employee shall be required to submit to a drug test if there is reasonable suspicion (as defined in this policy) that the employee is using drugs. 1. Post Accident. Each employee involved in an accident that occurs during the course and scope of employment shall be required to submit to a drug test if the accident: a. involves circumstances leading to a reasonable suspicion of the employee's drug use; orb. results in a fatality.2. Rehabilitation Monitoring. Any employee who is participating in a substance abuse after-treatment program or who has a rehabilitation agreement with the agency following an incident involving substance abuse shall be required to submit to random drug testing.3. Pre-Employment. Each prospective employee shall be required to submit to drug screening at the time and place designated by the human resource director following a job offer contingent upon a negative drug-testing result. Pursuant to R.S. 49:1008, a prospective employee who tests positive for the presence of drugs in the initial screening shall be eliminated from consideration of employment.4. Safety-Sensitive or Security-Sensitive Positions-Random Testing. As every Public Safety Services position is considered to be "safety-sensitive" or "security-sensitive", every employee shall be required to submit to drug testing as required by the Appointing Authority, who shall periodically (quarterly) call for a sample of such employees, selected at random by a computer generated random selection process, and require them to report for testing. All such testing shall, if applicable, occur during the selected employee's work schedule.La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § XI-309
Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Management and Finance, LR 25:2420 (December 1999).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 49:1001 et seq.