Get Boerne ISD Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy 2018-2024

When can you test employees? If an employer is reasonably suspicious an employee is affected by drugs or alcohol while at work, it is acceptable to request the employee undertake a drug or alcohol test in accordance with the company policy.

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The most commonly administered drug test for job applicants and employees is the urine test. An analysis of the urine will show the residual presence of drugs and alcohol, even after their effects have worn off.

In states that have a drug-free workplace program, employers are typically permitted to test after an employee comes back to work after rehabilitation following a positive drug test. They also can test after an accident, based on reasonable suspicion, or even on a random basis.

Under federal law, school districts already have to conduct pre-employment and random drug tests of bus drivers. Some local districts, including HISD, also have policies allowing drug testing of teachers and other employees during the school year if they suspect use.

Alcohol can also be included in screening tests, but it's usually detected through breath tests rather than urine screens. A urine drug test can help a doctor detect potential substance abuse problems.

While an employee does have the right to refuse a drug or alcohol test, this can constitute a failure to follow a reasonable management action and can result in disciplinary action.

Drug testing at work could fail to take into account the mental health problems of people with addictions. Rather than being offered the appropriate treatment, people who test positive on drug tests are at risk of being fired without compensation and may be ineligible for welfare or other social assistance.

Many probation drug testing requirements also add alcohol to the 5-panel test. The 10-panel drug urine test is designed to detect marijuana, cocaine, PCP, amphetamines, opiates, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, , Quaaludes and . Alcohol is also commonly added for probation testing.

Urine Tests Many employers will require that applicants and current employees subject to pre-employment and random urine drug tests, for the purposes of establishing the use (or lack thereof) of drugs, including amphetamines, alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, nicotine, and opioids.