2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 351 - DEPARTMENT FOR NATURAL RESOURCES 351.182 Drug- and alcohol-free status required for miner certification -- Proof -- Costs of testing -- Breath alcohol device at examination site -- Ten panel urine test.
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351.182 Drug- and alcohol-free status required for miner certification -- Proof
-- Costs of testing -- Breath alcohol device at examination site -- Ten
panel urine test.
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All applicants for certification as new miners and all initial applicants for all
other certifications provided for in this chapter shall provide proof of drug- and
alcohol-free status prior to certification in accordance with the provisions of this
section.
Proof of drug- and alcohol-free status shall be provided in one (1) of two (2)
methods:
(a) By participation in a drug and alcohol testing program offered by the
Office of Mine Safety and Licensing and paid for by the applicant, in
accordance with this section and KRS 351.183; or
(b) By the submission of drug and alcohol test results from other sources, as
provided in KRS 351.183(2).
If a newly certified miner gains employment in the coal industry, the initial
employer shall reimburse the certified miner for the cost of one (1) drug and
alcohol test required by this section and KRS 351.183, 351.184, and 351.185.
If the applicant is currently certified in any category other than that for which he
is applying by the Office of Mine Safety and Licensing and the applicant is
currently employed in the coal industry, the applicant's employer shall
reimburse the applicant for the cost of one (1) drug and alcohol test required by
this section and KRS 351.183, 351.184, and 351.185.
The fee charged to an applicant for the drug and alcohol tests offered by the
Office of Mine Safety and Licensing shall not exceed the actual cost of
collection, analysis, and medical review officer (MRO) review.
The Office of Mine Safety and Licensing shall provide, at each site of
examinations for the certifications provided for in Chapter 351, a breath alcohol
testing device and a person certified in the operation of the breath alcohol
testing device. The breath alcohol test shall be administered prior to
examination to determine the applicant's alcohol-free status. The Office of Mine
Safety and Licensing may satisfy the requirement to furnish an alcohol testing
device and certified personnel by:
(a) The use of equipment and appropriately certified personnel of the Office
of Mine Safety and Licensing;
(b) A memorandum of agreement with state or local police agencies for the
provision of equipment and appropriately trained personnel at the
examination site; or
(c) Inclusion of breath alcohol testing as part of the contract to provide drug
testing and collection services set out in KRS 351.183(1).
A breath alcohol concentration of .04 shall be the maximum acceptable level of
concentration for participation in the examination and subsequent certification.
Except for an alternative testing protocol provided for post-accident victims
under KRS 352.180(5) to (7), the minimum testing protocol acceptable for the
establishment of drug-free status for certification under KRS Chapter 351 shall
be at least a ten (10) panel urine test that shall include testing for the following
substances:
(a) Amphetamines;
(b) Cannabanoids/THC;
(c) Cocaine;
(d) Opiates;
(e) Phencyclidine (PCP);
(f) Benzodiazepines;
(g) Propoxyphene;
(h) Buprenorphine;
(i) Methadone;
(j) Barbiturates; and
(k) The remaining panels to be used in the urine test shall be set by order of
the Mine Safety Review Commission no later than June 1 of each year.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2012. -- Created
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 241,
sec. 2, subsec. (7), provides: "A breath alcohol concentration of four tenths of a
percent (.04) shall be the maximum acceptable level of concentration for
participation in the examination and subsequent condition." The words "four
tenths of a percent" and the parentheses around ".04" were removed during
codification to correct a manifest clerical error that occurred in the drafting
process. Materials in the bill folder for House Bill 572 (which became 2006 Ky.
Acts ch. 241) show that the bill was drafted to be an exact copy of a bill
requested and later introduced as Senate Bill 201, the initial proposed draft of
which provided: "A breath alcohol concentration of .04 shall be the maximum
acceptable level of concentration for participation in the examination(s) and
subsequent certification(s)." Materials in the bill folder for Senate Bill 201
indicate that the erroneous phrase was inserted during the drafting process to
conform with the rules for cardinal numbers set forth in the Bill Drafting Manual
of the Kentucky General Assembly. The Reviser of Statutes has made this
correction under the authority of KRS 7.136(1).
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