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2017 Mississippi Code
Title 71 - Labor and Industry
Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation
Drug-Free Workplace Workers' Compensation Premium Reduction Act
§ 71-3-215. Education program on alcohol and drug abuse
Universal Citation: MS Code § 71-3-215 (2017)
- An employer must provide all employees with an education program on alcohol and other drug abuse prior to instituting a private sector drug-free workplace program under Sections 71-3-201 through 71-3-225. Also, an employer must provide all employees with an annual education program on alcohol and other drug abuse, in general, and its effects on the workplace, specifically. An education program for a minimum of one (1) hour should include, but is not limited to, the following information:
- (a) The explanation of the disease of addiction for alcohol and other drugs;
- (b) The effects and dangers of the commonly abused substances in the workplace; and
- (c) The company's policies and procedures regarding alcohol and other drug use or abuse in the workplace and how employees who wish to obtain substance abuse treatment can do so.
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