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SB 557 Drug-testing policies in certain health care settings.

Introduced by: H. Russell Potts, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Drug-testing policies in certain health care settings. Requires every health care provider regulated by the Board of Health to initiate drug-free workplace initiatives by July 1, 2001. The Board of Health is required to promulgate regulations establishing the components of these programs, including: (i) differentiated requirements for various categories of health care providers in compliance with the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act; (ii) allowable drug-testing policies, in compliance with the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act and any applicable federal court decisions, including appropriate policies relating to proper notice and disclosure of the drug-testing policy, privacy assurances during and after testing, confidentiality protections for test results, the consequences of refusing to take any drug test, appropriate disciplinary actions and consequences, the employees' right to contest or explain the test results, the types of testing that may be required, and the appropriate bases and situations for drug testing, including the circumstances which may be presumed to give rise to reasonable suspicion of substance abuse; and (iii) recommendations for substance abuse education and assistance programs. A second enactment requires emergency regulations.


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