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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-121

Pre-employment and random drug screening — Definitions

Acts 2019, No. 323, § 1.

(1) As used in this section: “Drug” means the same as defined in § 5-64-101;

(2) “Drug screening” means a chemical test administered for the purpose of determining the presence or absence of a drug in an individual's blood, breath, or urine;

(3) “Employee” means an individual who is currently employed at a public prekindergarten through grade twelve (preK-12) school district; and

(4) “Positive drug screening result” means a finding of the presence of a drug in the sample tested during an individual's drug screening test.

(5) A school district board of directors may implement a policy that requires one (1) or more of the following: Pre-employment drug screening of an individual who applies for employment at a public school district; or

(6) Random drug screening of current employees.

(7) In the case of a positive drug screening result from a random drug screening of a current employee under this section, a school district may implement disciplinary actions that include without limitation the: Immediate dismissal of the employee;

(8) Requirement that the employee go on temporary leave; or

(9) Requirement that the employee enter a drug treatment program.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.