tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133957601447329932024-03-13T19:13:12.960-07:00PocketPart40 MaineThis blog is currently Under Construction. Thank you for your patience.Tommy Edenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860152469619027438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813395760144732993.post-34276230123464739072012-06-06T11:55:00.000-07:002012-12-17T13:07:04.203-08:00Maine – State Law Drug & Alcohol Testing Issues at a Glance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman""";">PocketPart40 State Laws at a Glance is a collaboration with professionals across the workplace drug testing industry to provide a free resource on workplace drug testing laws, regulations, legislation, issues of interest and significant case authority. See disclaimer below.</span></em></span></em><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on"><b>Workers</b></placename><b> <placename w:st="on">Compensation</placename> <placename w:st="on">Voluntary</placename> <placename w:st="on">Premium</placename> <placename w:st="on">Reduction</placename> <placetype w:st="on">State</placetype></b></place><b> (if yes see below) </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">No</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Employers Covered by Federal Drug Free Workplace Act</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">No</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">State Constitution Privacy Provision </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: navy;">No</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Penalties and Remedies for Employer Non-Compliance</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Yes </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Significant Testing Restrictions </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: navy;">Yes</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Disability Coverage </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Drug and Alcohol Testing Restrictions</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">No </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Worker’s Compensation Disqualification Laws</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Yes</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Unemployment Compensation Disqualification Laws</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">No </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Alcohol Cut-off Levels</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">.02</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Substances Allowed for Testing</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, opiates, PCP, barbiturates, methaqualone, benzodiazepines, propoxyphene, methadone</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: navy;">Marijuana 50/15, Cocaine 300/150, Opiate 300/300, Phencyclidine 25/25, Amphetamines 1,000 /500, Benzodiazipines 300/200, Barbiturates 300/300, Methadone 300/300 and Methaqualone 300/300</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Drug Specimen Types</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: navy;">Urine, blood if requested by employee. </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Types of Drug Testing and Restrictions</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Allowed but not required </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Allowed but not required </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Allowed for employee in safety sensitive position </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Allowed with reasonable cause </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Allowed but no required </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Restrictions on Types of Workplace Drug Tests</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Yes </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Collection Procedures</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: navy;">Prohibited </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: navy;">Yes</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Drug Testing Falsification Law</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">No </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Point-of-Collection Device</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Safety-Sensitive Restriction</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Yes</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Laboratory Based Testing</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">National Institute on Drug Abuse, the College of American Pathology or the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, licensed by the Maine Department of Human Services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Prohibited </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Prohibited </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Notification of Test Results</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: navy;">Employee must be immediately notified of preliminary POCT test. Employees and employers must be immediately notified of result of confirmatory test</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">21)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rehabilitation Requirements </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: navy;">Employer with over 20 full-time employees must have a functioning employee assistance program. A. The employer may meet this requirement by participating in a cooperative employee assistance program that serves the employees of more than one employer. B. The employee assistance program must be certified by the Office of Substance Abuse under rules adopted pursuant to section 687. The rules must ensure that the employee assistance programs have the necessary personnel, facilities and procedures to meet minimum standards of professionalism and effectiveness in assisting employees.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">22)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Retest Required</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: navy;">Yes </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">23)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wage Payment Requirements </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Employer Responsibility </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">24)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Disciplinary Action Restriction </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">25)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>State CDL DMV Reporting</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">26)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>State Medical Marijuana Laws</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: navy;">Yes</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">27)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b>Union Agreements</b></div>
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