<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-20G-22 - Employment and drug testing--Adverse action not prohibited for safety-sensitive position.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cStatuteNumber1"><span class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Drug testing required by any state or local law, agency, or government official.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cStatute"><span class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cDefaultParagraphFont">Nothing in this section prohibits adverse employment action, based solely on a positive test result for cannabis metabolites, if the person is employed in a safety-sensitive job.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cStatute"><span class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cDefaultParagraphFont">Nothing in this section prohibits an employer from refusing to hire a person, based solely on a positive test result for cannabis metabolites, if the person is seeking employment in a safety-sensitive job.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9c000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="scb086eddb4124748805ebe3b3d457d9cSCL">Initiated Measure No. 26, approved Nov. 3, 2020, eff. Jul. 1, 2021; SL 2024, ch 135, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>