The employer will be required to make decisions on a range of drug testing specifics: e.g., who will be tested, when they’ll be tested, when they’ll be tested for what drugs, what laboratory will be used… Various options are available and require careful consideration based on local, state, and federal requirements.
Ohio BWC required testing:
Level 1:
□ Pre-employment/new hire
□ Reasonable Suspicion
□ Post-accident
□ Return-to-duty/follow-up testing (if applicable)
Level 2:
□ Every company must conduct annual random testing on 10% of their staff (+ Level 1 requirements)
Level 3:
□ Must conduct 25% annually random testing (+ Level 1 requirements)
Ohio State Contractors required testing:
□ Pre-employment/new hire
□ Reasonable Suspicion
□ Post-accident
□ Return-to-duty/follow-up testing (if applicable)
□ Must conduct 5% annually random testing
DOT required testing:
□ Pre-employment/new hire
□ Reasonable Suspicion
□ Post-accident
□ Return-to-duty/follow-up testing (if applicable)
□ Commercial Drivers License (CDL) must be placed in a random testing pool with the ratio of 50% drug & 10% alcohol
