La. Admin. Code tit. 67 § I-121

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-121 - Attachment B-Procedures for Scheduling Drug Testing

A. On a yearly basis a percentage of all DSS employees in safety-sensitive or security-sensitive positions will be randomly drug-tested. One-twelfth of that number will be scheduled each month.

1. A computerized system will randomly select a designated number of employees.

2. Each month the appropriate managers will be notified by human resources of the names of employees in their office location randomly selected to be drug-tested. The names of employees to be tested must be kept confidential at all times.

3. Based on each individual employee's schedule, at the earliest possible date within the designated month, the appropriate manager will notify the employee in writing first thing in the morning that they must report to a designated lab for testing. Human resources must be notified if an employee is on extended leave.

4. Each employee must go to the designated lab within 24 hours of being notified.

5. The office human resources personnel will be notified of the results of the tests. All test results must be kept confidential and retained in a locked file cabinet.

La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § I-121

Promulgated by the Department of Social Services, Office of the Secretary, LR 25:1148 (June 1999), amended LR 35:968 (May 2009).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 49:1001 et seq.