2.2-4312 - Drug-free workplace to be maintained by contractor; required contract provisions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 2.2-4312. Drug-free workplace to be maintained by contractor; requiredcontract provisions.

All public bodies shall include in every contract over $10,000 the followingprovisions:

During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees to (i) providea drug-free workplace for the contractor's employees; (ii) post inconspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, astatement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, sale,distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance ormarijuana is prohibited in the contractor's workplace and specifying theactions that will be taken against employees for violations of suchprohibition; (iii) state in all solicitations or advertisements for employeesplaced by or on behalf of the contractor that the contractor maintains adrug-free workplace; and (iv) include the provisions of the foregoing clausesin every subcontract or purchase order of over $10,000, so that theprovisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor.

For the purposes of this section, "drug-free workplace" means a site forthe performance of work done in connection with a specific contract awardedto a contractor in accordance with this chapter, the employees of whom areprohibited from engaging in the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution,dispensation, possession or use of any controlled substance or marijuanaduring the performance of the contract.

(2000, c. 417, § 11-51.1; 2001, c. 844.)