Drug Free

The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 requires that no federal funding will be available for institutions or individuals who do not have in place a drug-free workplace policy. The Act provides that an institution certify that it will provide a drug-free workplace by:

1. publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violation of such prohibition;
2. establishing a drug-free awareness program to inform employees about:
   1. the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace,

   2. the institution's policy of maintaining a drug free workplace
   3. any available drug counseling, assistance, rehabilitation programs, and
   4. the penalties that may be imposed upon employees for violation of the policy;
3. requiring that each employee to be engaged in a federal grant or contract be given a copy of the requirements in paragraph (a) and agree that, as a condition of employment on a contract or grant, the employee will:

   1. abide by the terms of the institutional policy,
   2. notify the employer of any criminal drug statute conviction occurring in the workplace no later than 5 days after such conviction,
4. notifying the granting or contracting agency within 10 days after receiving such notification or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction;
5. imposing sanction(s) on, or requiring the satisfactory participation in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program by an employee so convicted; and
6. making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through implementation of paragraphs a-e.

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Reference:

Board of Governors Policy on Illegal Drugs, 1/15/88

NCSU Board of Trustees Policy on Illegal Drugs, 4/16/88

P.L. 101-226,Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988

P.L. 100,690, Title V, Subtitle D.

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