| State: |
Alaska |
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| Statute of Order: |
Alaska State §23.10.600 et seq.,
§14.09.025 |
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| Covered Employers: |
All employers, including school
districts or regional educational attendance areas. |
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| Applicant Testing: |
Applicant testing not restricted.
Positive results or refusal may be grounds for not hiring. |
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| Employee Testing: |
Testing authorized, including random
testing, for job-related purpose, consistent with business
necessity. Thirty days' notice and a written policy statement must
be given to employees. Discipline or discharge for positive test or
refusal to submit to test. School bus drivers subject to random
testing and discipline under separate provisions. |
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| Conditions & Methods: |
Confidentiality of test results.
Confirming test in case of positive result. Opportunity to obtain
results within 5 days and explain positive result within 10 days. |
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| Pass Drug Testing Bulletpoints: |
Employers who seek to comply with the voluntary
program is indemnified from litigation for damages arising from the
adoption of a suitable drug and alcohol testing policy, subject to
the provisions of the law.
Drug and alcohol impairment testing of employees,
as required by their employers, are considered work time for the
purpose of administering compensation and benefits.
Employers may specify drug testing for
prospective employees as part of their policy and shall inform their
prospective employees of the same.
Employers are allowed to conduct random drug
testing on employees.
All actual costs of drug and alcohol impairment
testing for current and prospective employees are to be paid by
employers. For current employees, a reasonable transportation cost
shall also be paid by the employer if the testing facility is not
located at the employee’s normal work site.
On-site testing is not prohibited but neither is
it required. With on-site testing, only test kits approved by the
Food and Drugs Administration may be used, which may be administered
only by a qualified test administrator duly certified by the test
manufacturer.
Only temporary employment actions may be enforced
against employees with unconfirmed positive on-site test results. If
confirmatory tests come up with a negative result or is demonstrated
to be a direct result of prescribed or lawful non-prescription
drugs, full wages and benefits must be reinstated in favor of the
employee.
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PASS A DRUG TEST IN ALASKA
