Utah Code > Title 34 > Chapter 38 – Drug and Alcohol Testing


§ 34-38-1	Legislative findings — Purpose and intent of chapter
§ 34-38-2	Definitions
§ 34-38-3	Testing for drugs or alcohol
§ 34-38-4	Samples — Identification and collection
§ 34-38-5	Time of testing — Cost of testing and transportation
§ 34-38-6	Requirements for collection and testing
§ 34-38-7	Employer’s written testing policy — Purposes and requirements for collection and testing — Employer’s use of test results
§ 34-38-8	Employer’s disciplinary or rehabilitative actions
§ 34-38-9	No cause of action for failure to test or detect substance or problem, or for termination of testing program
§ 34-38-10	A cause of action does not arise against employer unless inaccurate test result — Presumption and limitation of damages in claim against employer
§ 34-38-11	Bases for cause of action for defamation, libel, slander, or damage to reputation
§ 34-38-12	No cause of action for failure of employer to establish testing program
§ 34-38-13	Confidentiality of test-related information
§ 34-38-14	Employee not a person with a disability
§ 34-38-15	No physician-patient relationship created

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Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 34 > Chapter 38 - Drug and Alcohol Testing

Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Highway: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5

Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:

(a)	the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and

(b)

those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101

Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5

Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

Statute: A law passed by a legislature.