NON-CDL DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING POLICY I. Policy Objective It is the Policy of the City of Lamar to provide a workplace reasonably free of known hazards. The City views the use and presence of illegal drugs, including marijuana, and the abuse of legal drugs and alcohol as extreme hazards to employees, visitors, customers and the community. The City is committed to ensuring a drug and alcohol-free workplace. This Policy establishes the City’s procedures for testing employees and applicants for employment, and the consequences for employees who have “positive” test results from the testing. The City of Lamar expects all employees to assist in maintaining a work environment that is free from the use and effects of alcohol, controlled substances, and the abuse of prescription drugs. Employees will also comply with applicable Federal Regulations governing workplace drug and alcohol abuse and misuse. Additional information about the City’s Drug & Alcohol-Free Workplace policies may be found in the City’s Personnel Policy Manual Chapter IV, Section 12. II. Applicability This policy applies to all present part-time, full-time employees and Public Safety volunteers (Fire and Police) of the City of Lamar and to those applicants the City of Lamar may hire in the future. III. Regulated Substances A. Controlled Substances shall include the following: 1. Marijuana 2. Opiates/Opiods (Synthetic) 3. Cocaine 4. Amphetamine 5. Phencyclidine (PCP) 6. MDMA (Ecstasy) B. Alcohol IV. Prohibited Use The City of Lamar prohibits all employees to conduct City business while impaired by any substance that is legal or illegal. “Impaired” means under the influence of a substance such that the employee’s motor senses (i.e., sight, hearing, balance, reaction, reflex) or judgment either are or may be reasonably presumed to be affected. The Employee will face corrective action from such impairment. A. Alcohol – No employee shall, and no supervisor having knowledge thereof shall permit any employee to: 1. Report for duty or remain on duty requiring performance of safety sensitive functions while having an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or greater. 2. Consume alcohol while on duty. 3. Report for duty within four hours of alcohol consumption. 4. Possess alcohol while on-duty unless specifically permitted by the City Administrator. 5. Consume alcohol within eight hours of an accident (if required to be tested) or until testing is completed. B. Controlled Substances – No employee shall, and no supervisor having knowledge thereof shall permit an employee to:
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