Model
Plan for a Comprehensive Drug-Free Workplace Program
Supplement and Attachments
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
Rockville MD 20857
Since the publication of the Model Plan
for a Comprehensive Drug Free Workplace Program in 1989, the following changes
in language and implementation practice have been directed by the Office of
Personnel Management and the Interagency Coordinating Group (ICG) Executive
Committee acting for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, in
coordination with the Department of Justice.
Guidance for the selection of Testing
Designated Positions was issued by the ICG Executive Committee on January 24,
1992 and was supplemented by a June 10, 1993 Department of Justice letter
(copies of both attached). The Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug
Testing Programs, originally issued on April 11, 1988, have been revised and
were reissued on June 9, 1994 (copy attached).
References and
Authorities
Under Section I., Introduction, item G.,
References, 1., Authorities, letter e., "as revised (1994)" should be inserted
after "(1988)."
Under item G., References, 2., Guidance,
citations of Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Personnel Manual
(FPM) Letters should be deleted since the Federal Personnel Manual no longer
exists.
Definitions
Under Section II., Definitions, item H,
Employees in Sensitive Positions, sub-item 1., the phrase "... under
Chapter 731 of the Federal Personnel Manual" should be deleted since the
Federal Personnel Manual no longer exists.
Range of
Consequences
Under Section VIII., Finding of Drug Use
and Disciplinary Consequences, item C., Range of Consequences, a subparagraph
7, "Reducing the employee in pay or grade" should be added as a possible
disciplinary action.
Reasonable
Suspicion Testing
The following new paragraph should be
inserted ahead of the present paragraph under Section X., Reasonable Suspicion
Testing, item A., Grounds:
"Reasonable suspicion testing may
be required of any employee in a position which is designated for random
testing when there is a reasonable suspicion that the employee uses illegal
drugs whether on or off duty. Reasonable suspicion testing may also be required
of any employee in any position when there is a reasonable suspicion of on-duty
use or on-duty impairment."
Applicant Testing
Under Section XI., Applicant Testing, the
testing of applicants for Testing Designated Positions is strongly encouraged
and preferred by the Interagency Coordinating Group, Executive Committee.
Testing of applicants for other positions remains within Agency discretion.
Accident or
Unsafe Practice Testing
Under Section XII., Additional Types of
Drug Testing, the following new paragraph A should be substituted for the
present paragraph A., Accident or Unsafe Practice Testing:
Injury,
Illness, Unsafe, or Unhealthful Practice Testing
[Agency] is committed to providing a safe
and secure working environment. It also has a legitimate interest in
determining the cause of serious accidents so that it can undertake appropriate
corrective measures. Post-accident drug testing can provide invaluable
information in furtherance of that interest. Accordingly, employees may be
subject to testing when, based upon the circumstances of the accident, their
actions are reasonably suspected of having caused or contributed to an accident
that meets the following criteria:
1. The accident results in a death
or personal injury requiring immediate hospitalization; or
2. The accident results in damage
to government or private property estimated to be in excess of $10,000.
If an employee is suspected of having
caused or contributed to an accident meeting
the above criteria, the appropriate supervisor will present the facts leading
to this suspicion to the [Agency Official] for approval. Once approval has been
obtained and arrangements made for testing, the supervisor will prepare a
written report detailing the facts and circumstances that warranted the
testing."
Privacy Assured
Under Section XIII., Test Procedures in
General, item B., Privacy Assured, the subparagraph 1 (a), " is being tested
pursuant to Section X relating to reasonable suspicion testing;" should be
deleted and the remaining subparagraphs re-lettered accordingly.
[Prepared by the Division of Workplace Programs, Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services, effective July 10, 1995, revised
September 30, 1995.]
