186.08 GENERAL RULES AND PROHIBITIONS RESPECTING SUBSTANCE ABUSE INVOLVING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES OR ALCOHOL.

   (a)    No employee in the service of the City shall ingest, take or use any prescription drug or controlled substance except in the manner prescribed by a person licensed to practice medicine.

    (b)    Employees who are required to take prescription medicine which could affect their fitness for duty shall notify their immediate supervisor of the medication prescribed and present proof of possession of a prescription for the same.

   (c)   Any statutory defined illegal activity by an employee in the service of the City or an employee of a contractor of the City involving drugs, controlled substances or alcohol by an employee, whether during or outside City employment, shall be grounds for discipline.

   (d)    All City property shall be subject to inspection at any time without notice. Property includes, but is not limited to City-owned vehicles, desks, containers, files and storage lockers.

   (e)   An employee who believes that he/she or any other person is at risk because another employee is using or is under the influence of drugs, controlled substances, or alcohol in violation of this chapter shall report the same immediately to his or her supervisor.

   (f)    Refusal of an employee to take a drug test provided for by this chapter shall result in immediate suspension from City service without pay pending disciplinary action if the supervisor observes what appears to be the characteristics of drug misuse, controlled substance use, or alcohol misuse.

(Ord. 96-12-133. Passed 12-16-96.)