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title: O.C.G.A. § 34-9-418. Supervisor training on substance abuse.
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# O.C.G.A. § 34-9-418. Supervisor training on substance abuse.

(a) During the initial year of certification as provided in Code Section 34-9-412.1 and in addition to the education program provided in Code Section 34-9-417, an employer must provide all supervisory personnel with a minimum of two hours of supervisor training, which must include but is not limited to the following information:

(1) How to recognize signs of employee substance abuse;

(2) How to document and corroborate signs of employee substance abuse; and

(3) How to refer substance abusing employees to the proper treatment providers.

(b) During the second and any consecutive subsequent years of certification, an employer must provide all supervisory personnel with a minimum of one hour of such supervisory training.

## History

Code 1981, § 34-9-418, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1512, § 2; Ga. L. 2001, p. 800, § 8.