Drug and alcohol policy training for city workers

(a) Each city officer and employee shall receive training of the highest standards on the city’s drug and alcohol abuse policy by July 1, 2000, in accordance with this section. (1) An officer or employee who enters city employment after July 1, 1998* shall receive the training during the orientation provided upon entering employment. (2) An officer who enters city service, other than employment, after July 1, 1998* shall receive the training within the one-month period following entrance into service. (3) An officer or employee who is in city employment or service on July 1, 1998* shall receive the training within the two-year period following that date. (4) For the duration of city employment or service after the training described in subdivision (1), (2), or (3), an officer or employee shall receive follow-up or refresher training, or both, as deemed necessary by the department of human resources. (b) The department of human resources shall be responsible for scheduling and enrolling each officer or employee for the training on the city’s drug and alcohol abuse policy. (c) The department of human resources shall be responsible for providing the training on the city’s drug and alcohol abuse policy to make officers and employees aware of: (1) The policy; (2) What constitutes drug and alcohol abuse; (3) The adverse effects of drug use and alcohol misuse on an individual’s health, work and personal life; and (4) The signs and symptoms of an alcohol or drug problem (the employee’s or a co-worker’s). For management or supervisory officers or employees, the training required under this section shall be integrated with that required under § 1-20.3 . (d) (1) In addition to the training provided in subsection (c), city drivers subject to 49 CFR Part 382 shall be provided a copy of the information and materials specified in 49 CFR § 382.601(b) before their engaging in any safety-sensitive function. This requirement shall be deemed to have been met for officers and employees who were provided the materials and information required under 49 CFR § 382.601 before July 1, 1998.* This information and these materials shall also be provided to the exclusive bargaining representatives of any such officers or employees. (2) The department of human resources may, in addition to the materials and information required to be provided under subdivision (1), provide additional materials or information under a statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, administrative directive, or collective bargaining agreement; however, any materials or information not required to be provided under 49 CFR Part 382 shall expressly state the basis on which the materials or information is provided and shall state that it is not provided pursuant to 49 CFR Part 382. Editor’s note: * “ July 1, 1998” is substituted for “the effective date of this ordinance.”