Informe de resultados de pruebas de drogas y alcohol en el trabajo

Explicación Simple

Si trabajas y te piden que te hagas una prueba de drogas o alcohol, debes hacerlo. Si no lo haces, tu jefe tiene que informar al Departamento de Vehículos sobre tu negativa.

Es como cuando un profesor te pide que muestres tu tarea. Si no la muestras, él tiene que decirle a la dirección que no cumpliste con la entrega.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un conductor de camiones, se niega a hacerse una prueba de alcohol. Su jefe, al darse cuenta, tiene que informar al Departamento de Vehículos en un plazo de tres días. Esto es importante para mantener la seguridad en la carretera.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 56-1-2220. Providing and testing specimens; reports of refusal to provide and results of tests to employer and department; records; admissibility of test results. (A) All employers shall report to the Department of Motor Vehicles within three business days a refusal by an employee or applicant made to the employer to provide a specimen for a drug or alcohol test under circumstances that constitute the refusal of a test under 49 C.F.R. 40. (B) All medical review officers or breath alcohol technicians hired by or under contract to an employer shall report to the employer within three business days: (1) a verified positive drug test or positive alcohol confirmation test of an employee or applicant; (2) a refusal by an employee or applicant to provide a specimen for a drug or alcohol test under circumstances that constitute the refusal of a test under 49 C.F.R. 40; or (3) the submission of an adulterated specimen, a diluted positive specimen, or a substituted specimen by an employee or applicant. (C) Employers shall make it a written condition of their contract or agreement with a medical review officer or breath alcohol technician, regardless of the state where the medical review officer or breath alcohol technician is located, that the medical review officer or breath alcohol technician is required to report to the employer the information required by subsection (B). (D) Upon receipt of the notification from a medical review officer or a breath alcohol technician, employers shall report to the department within three business days: (1) a verified positive drug test or positive alcohol confirmation test of an employee or applicant; (2) a refusal by an employee or applicant made to a medical review officer or breath alcohol technician to provide a specimen for a dru