Title 20, Chapter 2, Section 1121
( 20-2-1121)
(a) All persons employed as school bus drivers by any public school
system in this state shall be subject to random testing for evidence
of use of illegal drugs. Not less than 50 percent of the school bus
drivers in each public school system shall be tested annually in one
or more random tests. Such testing shall be noninvasive and may be
conducted at any time during the calendar year, and the cost of all
such testing shall be borne by the state, provided that, in the case
of drivers whose salaries are exclusively funded by the local school
system, the cost of such testing shall be borne by such local school
system; and provided, further, that, in the case of drivers employed
by private companies who have contracted to provide school bus
service to a county school system or an independent school system,
the cost of such testing shall be borne by such private company. If
the drug test shows the presence of drugs in the employee's system,
the results of the test will be confirmed using an alternative
method but the same urine sample. (b) All persons employed as school bus drivers by any public school
system in this state shall be subject to random testing for evidence
of use of alcohol during the school day which testing may be carried
out at any time within the school year and the cost of which shall
be borne by the local board of education. (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations
to establish for purposes of testing and retesting for illegal
drugs: (1) Which illegal drugs will be the subject of testing; (2) Methods for assuring minimal privacy intrusions during
collection of body fluid specimens for such testing; (3) Methods for assuring proper storage, transportation, and
handling of such specimens in order to ensure the integrity of the
testing process; (4) The identity of those persons entitled to the results of such
tests and methods for ensuring that only authorized persons are
given access to such results; (5) A list of laboratories qualified to conduct established drug
tests; and (6) Procedures for school bus drivers, prior to the collection of
body fluid specimens for such testing, to provide information to
their employers regarding use of any drug pursuant to a medical
prescription or as otherwise authorized by law which may affect
the results of such test. (d) The local boards of education shall adopt rules and regulations
to establish for the random testing for the presence of alcohol: (1) The portion of drivers in any school system that shall be
selected for testing at each testing period; (2) Methods for assuring that drivers are selected on a random
basis;
(3) Methods for assuring minimal privacy intrusions during such
testing; (4) Methods for assuring proper storage, transportation, and
handling of such specimens in order to ensure the integrity of the
testing process; (5) Methods for the testing of the breath of school bus drivers
for the presence of alcohol, such testing to be done by a peace
officer or law enforcement agency; (6) The identity of those persons entitled to the results of such
tests and methods for ensuring that only authorized persons are
given access to such results; and (7) A list of laboratories qualified to conduct such alcohol
testing. (e) The State Board of Education shall be authorized to adopt any
other rules or regulations it deems necessary to implement testing
for illegal drug use under this part. The local boards of education
shall be authorized to adopt any other rules or regulations deemed
necessary to implement random testing for alcohol use under this
part. (f) Any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this part shall be
in compliance with Parts 40 and 382 of Title 49 of the Code of
Federal Regulations. |