An employee, volunteer, prospective employee, or prospective volunteer whose drug test results are verified or confirmed as positive in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may not, by virtue of those results alone, be defined as a person with a disability for purposes of:

(1)  Title 34A, Chapter 5, Utah Antidiscrimination Act; or

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Terms Used In Utah Code 34-41-106

  • Drug: means any substance recognized as a drug in the United States Pharmacopeia, the National Formulary, the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia, or other drug compendia, including Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act, or supplement to any of those compendia. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Prospective employee: means any person who has made a written or oral application to become an employee of a local governmental entity or a state institution of higher education. See Utah Code 34-41-101
  • Volunteer: means any person who donates services as authorized by the local governmental entity or state institution of higher education without pay or other compensation except expenses actually and reasonably incurred. See Utah Code 34-41-101
(2)  the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 through 12213.

Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
Amended by Chapter 366, 2011 General Session