lorain county general health district employee personnel

7.4 Drug Free Workplace Policy
Each prospective and current employee shall receive a copy of this policy and will be
required to sign a receipt which will become a permanent part of his or her personnel file.
At least once annually, each employee will receive a packet containing information
on the following:
1. The dangers of drug abuse;
2. Available drug counseling, rehabilitation and employee assistance programs;
3. Penalties that will be imposed for breach of this policy.
The packet shall also contain a current copy of this policy, a current copy of the
posted and/or published drug-free workplace statement of the agency, and a notice that
any conviction of any work-related federal or state criminal drug statute must be reported to
the Health Commissioner within five (5) calendar days after such conviction.
The unlawful manufacture, distribution, use, or possession of a controlled substance
by any employee which takes place in whole or in part in the workplace of the agency is
strictly prohibited and will result in criminal prosecution and discipline of the employee
which may include termination from employment.
Any employee convicted of any federal or state criminal drug statute for a workrelated
drug offense must notify the Health Commissioner of that fact within five (5)
calendar days of the conviction. An employee who fails to report a work-related drug
offense conviction will be terminated from employment, forever barred from future
employment, and held civilly liable for any loss of federal funds resulting from such failure to
report.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the agency from pursuing
disciplinary action against an employee convicted of an allegedly non-work-related drug
offense.
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