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Kentucky State Law--Drug Testing

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SAID Item No.: 1904
Topic(s):Laws and RegulationsSub-topic(s): State Laws and Regulations

Summary of Law(s) and Regulation(s):
Definitions-Disability Kentucky Rev. Stat. Ann 344.010 (4) (Supp. 2005) http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/344%2D00/010.pdf Cost of medical examination required by employer. Kentucky Rev. Stat. 336.220 (2001) http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/336%2D00/220.pdf note to self bna 2006 An applicant to an agency that is part of the State Law Enforcement Council and that is hiring a Unified Criminal Justice Information System telecommunicator whose primary responsibility is to dispatch law enforcement units by means of radio communications must be a U.S. citizen who has reached the age of majority, must be a high school graduate (or the recipient of a general equivalency diploma), must not have been convicted of a felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude, and must have taken a psychological suitability screening administered or approved by the State Law Enforcement Council. The applicant also must have taken a polygraph examination and have passed a drug-screening test administered or approved by the council. A person shall be deemed to have passed a drug-screening test if the results are negative for the use of an illegal controlled substance or the abuse of a prescription drug. Any agency that administers its own screening shall certify passing results to the council. The applicant's home address, telephone number, date of birth, and Social Security number, as well as the results of any background investigation, psychological suitability screening, or polygraph examination, shall not be subject to disclosure.



 



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