Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 49 > Chapter 14 > Part III - Employee Drug Testing

• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Employee: means any person, paid or unpaid, in the service of an employer, as defined in this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:1001
• Employer: means any person, firm, or corporation, including any governmental entity, that has one or more workers or operators employed, or individuals performing service, in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire or service, expressed or implied, oral or written; however, "employer" for the purposes of this Chapter shall not include any person, firm, or corporation that is subject to a federally mandated drug testing program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:1001
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Medical review officer: means a licensed physician responsible for receiving laboratory results generated by employer or testing entity's drug testing program who has knowledge of substance abuse disorders and has appropriate medical training to interpret and evaluate an individual's positive test result together with his medical history and any other relevant biomedical information. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:1001
• person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
• Prospective employee: means any person who has made application to an employer, whether written or oral, to become an employee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:1001
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.