Employee Drug Testing

REMINDERS EMPLOYEE DRUG TESTING

PRE-EMPLOYMENT TESTING Human Resources will notify applicants of the drug-screening process once the administrator makes a recommendation for employment. Instructions on how to complete the test will be given to the employee by Human Resources.

POST ACCIDENT TESTING

1. Employees must contact school designee for workers’ comp when an accident occurs. 2. The Workers’ Comp designee will give the employee two forms: Form 1: The Colquitt County Workers’ Compensation form should be given by the employee to the physician who treats the injury. Form 2: The Colquitt County Authorization for Service form should be given by the employee to Primary Care to authorize Primary Care to perform the drug screen. Primary Care will do the drug test if the accident occurs Monday thru Friday 9:00am – 12:00 and 2:00 – 6:00 pm. If the accident occurs after normal working hours, Form 2, should be given to the lab at Colquitt Regional Medical Center, by the employee. If eight or more hours have elapsed since the injury, no drug test will be performed. Employees who are serving in the capacity of a bus driver follow a different process 3. A drug test is done only if loss of work time occurs or medical treatment is sought. REASONABLE SUSPICION Definition of reasonable suspicion: the belief that an employee is using or has used drugs or alcohol in violation of the Colquitt County Drug-free Workplace policy.

A belief may be based on the following:

 Observable phenomena while at work such as direct observation of substance abuse or of the physical symptoms or manifestations of being impaired due to substance abuse  Abnormal conduct or erratic behavior while at work or a significant deterioration in work performance  A report of substance abuse provided by a reliable and credible source  Evidence that an individual has tampered with any substance abuse test during his or her employment with the current employer  Information that an employer has caused or contributed to an accident while at work  Evidence that an employee has used, possessed, sold, solicited, or transferred drugs while working or while on the employer’s premises or while operating the employer’s machinery, or equipment

STEPS TO FOLLOW 1. Prior to notifying the employee of the drug test due to reasonable suspicion, make sure that all documentation of reasons why you are requiring the test is in order. 2. Once documentation is in order, call the Central Office and confer with Mr. McCoy, Dr. Faye Barnes, or Mrs. Diana Clark. 3. The Principal /Coordinator will then conference with the employee and inform the employee of the reasons for the test. 4. The Principal/Coordinator will arrange for the employee to be escorted to Primary Care. 5. Form requesting test will be given to the lab at Primary Care. Once test has concluded arrangement are made to have the employee taken home. 6. Human Resources will contact employee – employee will be informed to contact the Employment Assistance Program in Thomasville. EAP will then inform Human Resources of fitness for duty. If the employee is to miss days from work as a result of the circumstances, the employee will have to use his/her sick leave or will be suspended without pay until cleared to return to work.