Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 612 - State Department of Rehabilitation Services › Chapter 20 - Special Schools › Subchapter 3 - General Operating Procedures for the Schools › Part 5 - STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR ALL SCHOOL PERSONNEL › Section 612:20-3-38 - Use of alcohol, drugs and controlled substances by employees (Drug-Free Workplace)

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The
				  Department of Rehabilitation Services has committed itself to a continuing good
				  faith effort to maintain a drug-free workplace. The Oklahoma School for the
				  Blind and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf recognize that alcohol and drug
				  abuse in the workplace has become a major concern. The object of the schools'
				  alcohol and drug prevention program is to provide a safe and secure workplace
				  to comply with federal and state health and safety regulations, and to prevent
				  accidents.
(b) Staff development
				  programs shall be conducted to inform each employee of the school's drug-free
				  workplace program; the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace; this policy;
				  available drug counseling and rehabilitation programs; and the penalties that
				  may be imposed for drug abuse violations occurring in the workplace.
(c) The unlawful possession, sale,
				  distribution, manufacture, or use of any drug, narcotic or controlled substance
				  as defined in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act and/or Title 63
				  O.S. 2-101 by any employee at any time on school premises or while on school
				  business is prohibited and will not be tolerated. Judgment regarding the use of
				  such substances will be based upon behaviors related to being under the
				  influence of such substances or having an adverse effect upon job performance.
				  Any employee found to be in violation of this policy will be subject to
				  disciplinary action which may include termination of employment or satisfactory
				  participation, at the employee's expense, in a drug abuse assistance or
				  rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State, or local
				  health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency.
(d) Each employee of the Oklahoma School for
				  the Deaf or the Oklahoma School for the Blind is hereby notified that, as a
				  condition of employment, the employee must abide by the terms of this policy.
				  In addition, the employee must notify the Superintendent or his/her designee of
				  any criminal drug statute conviction regardless of where it occurred. Such
				  notification must be made to the Superintendent or his/her designee no later
				  than five (5) calendar days after conviction. In compliance with the Drug-Free
				  Workplace Act the Superintendent shall provide notice of such violation to the
				  Impact Aid Program, United States Department of Education, or other appropriate
				  government agency within ten (10) calendar days after receiving such notice
				  from the employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction.
				  Within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the above notification, the
				  School will take appropriate disciplinary action which may include termination
				  of employment or require the employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug
				  abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a
				  Federal, State, or local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency
				  at the employee's expense.
(e) The
				  unlawful possession, sale, distribution, manufacture, or use of an intoxicating
				  beverage as defined in 37A O.S. §
										1-103
				  by any employee in the workplace will not be tolerated. Judgment regarding the
				  use of such substances will be based upon behaviors related to being under the
				  influence of such substances or having an adverse effect upon job performance.
				  Any employee found to be in violation of this policy will be subject to
				  disciplinary action which may include termination of employment or satisfactory
				  participation in an alcohol abuse assistance or rehabilitation program at the
				  employee's expense
Added at 15 Ok Reg
					 1800, eff 7-1-98