The drug testing policy shall be issued in advance to inform employees and allow them the opportunity to seek treatment. Thereafter, any confirmed positive test results or a refusal to submit to the test shall be grounds for termination of employment in accordance with subchapter I of Chapter 6 of Title 1. This testing program is for all employees, including management, and shall be implemented as a single Department program. The results of a random test may not be turned over to any law enforcement agency without the employee's written consent.
CREDIT(S)
(Sept. 20, 1996, D.C. Law 11-158, § 5, 43 DCR 3702.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 24-448.4.
Temporary Addition of Section
Temporary addition of subchapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 24-211.21.
Emergency Act Amendments
For temporary addition of subchapter, see note to § 24-211.21.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-91, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 24-211.21.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-158, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 24.211.21.
Law 11-230, the “Department of Corrections Criminal Background Investigation Authorization Temporary Act of 1996,” was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 11-937. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on October 7, 1996, and December 3, 1996, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on December 17, 1996, it was assigned Act No. 11-462 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 11-230 became effective on April 9, 1997.