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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 34. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS · Chapter 9. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION · Article 11. DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE PROGRAMS

34-9-417. Education program on substance abuse.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    During the initial year of certification as provided in Code Section 34-9-412.1, an employer must provide all employees with a semiannual education program on substance abuse, in general, and its effects on the workplace, specifically. During the initial year, the first hour of the education program must include but is not limited to the following information:#

    1. (1)

      The explanation of the disease model of addiction for alcohol and drugs;#

    2. (2)

      The effects and dangers of the commonly abused substances in the workplace; and#

    3. (3)

      The company’s policies and procedures regarding substance abuse in the workplace and how employees who wish to obtain substance abuse treatment can do so.#

  2. (b)

    During the second and any consecutive subsequent years of certification, an employer must provide all employees with an annual education program.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 34-9-417, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1512, § 2; Ga. L. 2001, p. 800, § 7.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, ‘‘semiannual’’ was substituted for ‘‘semi-annual’’ in the first sentence of the introductory language (now subsection (a)).

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Text read from t34-(v26)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V26, 2017 edition, pages 973 to 974; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8ee6134ad6cf.