DRUG USE PROHIBITIONS. 32 A. The use, sale, purchase, possession, manufacture, distribution, or 33 dispensation of drugs or their metabolites on City property or while at work 34 (while on duty, during working hours, etc.) is a violation of the City's 35 Program and is Just Cause for immediate dismissal. Exception shall be 36 made for officers on duty who must, sell, purchase, posses, manufacture, 37 distribute, or dispense drugs or their metabolites as part of the work 38 assignment.
40 B. Reporting to work, or working, under the influence of illegal drugs is a 41 violation of the City's Program and is Just Cause for immediate dismissal.
43 C. An employee who fails a random urine drug test will be subject to an 44 Internal Affairs investigation and disciplinary action. Such disciplinary action 45 may include termination for a first offense, absent mitigating circumstances.
DRUG USE PROHIBITIONS. 3 A. The use, sale, purchase, possession, manufacture, distribution, or 4 dispensation of nonprescription drugs or their metabolites on City property 5 or while at work (while on duty, during working hours, etc.) is a violation of 6 the City’s Program and is just cause for immediate dismissal. 7
8 B. Reporting to work, or working, under the influence of nonprescription 9 drugs is a violation of the City’s Program and is just cause for immediate 10 dismissal unless the violation is identified solely by the failure of a random 11 drug test as set forth in VI. C. below. 12
13 C. An employee who fails a random urine drug test, will be allowed a one- 14 time opportunity to participate in an Alcohol/Drug Rehabilitation Program 15 or the City of Gainesville Employee Assistance Program (EAP) or other 16 approved program as determined by the City, in lieu of being immediately 17 dismissed based upon such failure. However, allowing the Employee to 18 participate in such program in lieu of being dismissed is conditioned upon
DRUG USE PROHIBITIONS. 35 A. The use, sale, purchase, possession, manufacture, distribution, or 36 dispensation of drugs or their metabolites on City property or while at work 37 (while on duty, during working hours, etc.) is a violation of the City's Program 38 and is just cause for immediate dismissal. Exception shall be made for 39 officers on duty who must, sell, purchase, posses, manufacture, distribute, or 40 dispense drugs or their metabolites as part of the work assignment.
42 B. Reporting to work, or working, under the influence of illegal drugs is a 43 violation of the City's Program and is Just Cause for immediate dismissal.
45 C. An employee who fails a random urine drug test will be subject to an Internal 46 Affairs investigation and disciplinary action. Such disciplinary action may 47 include termination for a first offense, absent mitigating circumstances. If 48 mitigating circumstances warrant the employee being allowed to participate 1 in a last chance agreement, in lieu of being dismissed, the Employee must 2 meet the requirements set forth in paragraph X.D. of this program. 3 Furthermore, such an opportunity will not be available to an employee who 4 has previously participated in an Alcohol/Drug Rehabilitation Program, the 5 City's Substance Abuse Professional (SAP), or other approved, similar 6 program, as an alternative to dismissal. Employees allowed the rehabilitation 7 opportunity described herein may still receive disciplinary action short of 8 dismissal in addition to required participation in the rehabilitation program. 9 Participation in a treatment program, be it entirely voluntary or pursuant to 10 this section, will not excuse additional violations of this policy, work rule 11 violations, improper conduct, or poor performance and an employee may be 12 disciplined or dismissed for such offenses or failure to perform.
14 D. For purposes of this program, an employee is presumed to be under the 15 influence of drugs if a urine test or other authorized testing procedure shows 16 drug usage as set forth in the rules for the Agency for Health Care 17 Administration (Fla. Admin. Code R 59A-24).
19 E. Legal medications (over-the-counter) or prescription drugs may also affect 20 the safety of the employee, fellow employees or members of the public.
DRUG USE PROHIBITIONS. A. The use, sale, purchase, possession, manufacture, distribution, or dispensation of drugs or their metabolites on City property or while at work (while on duty, during working hours, etc.) is a violation of the City's Program and is Just Cause for immediate dismissal.
B. Reporting to work, or working, under the influence of illegal drugs is a violation of the City's Program and is Just Cause for immediate dismissal.
C. For purposes of this program, an employee is presumed to be under the influence of drugs if a urine test or other authorized testing procedure shows drug usage as set forth in Section VIII (L) or as otherwise provided by law (see Article I - Purpose).
D. Participation in a treatment program, will not excuse violations of this policy, work rule violations, improper conduct, or poor performance and an employee may be disciplined or dismissed for such offenses or failure to perform.
E. Legal medications (over-the-counter) or prescription drugs may also affect the safety of the employee, fellow employees or members of the public. Therefore, any employee who is taking any over-the-counter medications or prescription drugs which might impair safety, performance, or any motor functions shall advise his/her direct management representative of the possible impairment before reporting to work under the influence of such medication or drug. A failure to do so may result in disciplinary action. If Management determines that the impairment does not pose a safety risk, the employee will be permitted to work. Otherwise, management may offer a change in work schedule, temporarily reassign the employee or place the employee in an appropriate leave status during the period of impairment. Improper use of "prescription drugs" is prohibited and may result in disciplinary action. Improper use of prescription drugs includes, but is not limited to, use of multiple prescriptions of identical or interchangeable drugs, and/or consumption of excessive quantities of and individual or therapeutically interchangeable drugs, and/or inappropriately prolonged duration of consumption of drugs, and/or consumption of prohibited drugs for other than valid medical purposes. For the purpose of this Program, consumption of any drug by the employee of more than the manufacturer's maximum recommended daily dosage, or for a longer period of time than recommended (unless otherwise prescribed by employee's physician), or of any prohibited drug prescribed for or intended for another in...
