Section 6-B3905. MANDATORY DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING FOR SAFETY-SENSITIVE POSITIONS: TESTING

 

3905.1Appointees and District government employees subject to testing under the Program shall be tested for drug and alcohol use as specified in this section and section 3906 of this chapter.

 

3905.2A final offer of appointment to a covered position shall not be made until after the results of any test conducted are received and it is determined that the test result is negative.

 

3905.3Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 1-620.32 (b) (2006 Repl.), District government employees in safety-sensitive positions shall be subject to random testing, unless the employing agency has additional requirements for drug and alcohol testing of its employees, in which case the stricter testing requirements shall apply.

 

3905.4A District government employee who is required to drive a motor vehicle to transport children or youth in the course of performing his or her official duties shall be deemed to have given his or her consent, subject to the conditions of sections 3901 through 3910 of this chapter, to the testing oh the employee’s urine or breath for the purpose of determining drug or alcohol content whenever a supervisor has reasonable cause or a police officer arrests such employee for a violation of the law and has reasonable grounds to believe such employee to have been operating or in physical control of a motor vehicle within the District of Columbia while the employee’s alcohol concentration was 0.08 grams or more per two hundred and ten (210) liters of breath; or while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or any drug or combination thereof; or while the employee’s ability to operate a motor vehicle is impaired by the consumption of intoxicating liquor.

 

3905.5An employee who acknowledges a drug or alcohol problem upon receiving the initial thirty-day (30-day) notification, and who completes a counseling and rehabilitation program for illegal drug use or alcohol abuse, shall be tested before being allowed to return to the safety-sensitive position he or she occupied before completion of such a program.  After returning to the safety-sensitive position, the employee shall be subject to testing as specified in sections 3905.3 and 3905.4 of this section and section 3908 of this chapter, as applicable.