(a) No employee in the administrative service of the Village shall ingest, take or use, and employees in the administrative service of the Village shall be disciplined for ingesting, taking, or using any prescription drug or controlled substance unless 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 Village or an employee of a contractor of the Village involving drugs, controlled substances or alcohol by an employee, whether during or outside Village employment, shall be grounds for discipline.
(d) All Village property shall be subject to inspection at any time without notice. Property includes, but is not limited to Village-owned vehicles, desks, containers, files and storage lockers.
(e) An employee who believes that another employee is using drugs or controlled substances or alcohol in violation of this Chapter, in an illegal fashion, or is under the influence of drugs, controlled substances, or alcohol shall report the same immediately to his or her supervisor and those who do not report such facts and circumstances immediately to their supervisor shall themselves be subject to discipline for neglect of duty.
(f) Refusal of a covered employee to take a drug test provided for by this Chapter shall result in immediate suspension from Village service without pay pending disciplinary action if the supervisor observes what appear to be the characteristics of drug misuse, controlled substance use, or alcohol misuse. (Ord. 96-007. Passed 3-6-96.)