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Mountainside Fitness Acquisitions

* Organization announcements

713 Drug and Alcohol Testing

Effective Date: 1/1/2017

Revision Date:

The use, possession and distribution of drugs and alcohol pose a serious threat to the safety of employees
and the general public.
MFC is concerned with the situations where the use, possession, or distribution of drugs or alcohol
affects job performance, the employee's safety or the safety of others.
This policy is intended to provide a safe workplace in addition to ensuring that only safe and alert
employees are permitted on public roads and highways. This policy establishes guidelines for consistent
handling of alcohol and drug usage situations at your job sites.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY
An employee who is using prescription drugs or over-the-counter medications that could affect work
performance must inform his or her supervisor. A physician's statement may be required at MFA
discretion.
A. DEFINITIONS
A drug is defined as any of the following:
• Any over-the-counter medication

• Any prescribed medication
• Any illegal or unprescribed controlled chemical substance
• Any alcoholic beverage
• Any substance causing adverse physical or mental behavior
Drug-related misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
• Possession of any illegal or unprescribed controlled substance while on company business

• Use of drug(s) while on duty
• Use of drug(s) off premises that adversely affects the employee's work performance, and/or the
employee's own or others' safety at work, or conduct jeopardizing the job site (MFA) regard or reputation
in the community.

B. DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING
Drug testing of employees is an effective means of identifying those employees who are using illegal
drugs or abusing legal drugs or alcohol. MFA, or its insurance carrier, reserves the right to require
applicants/employees to submit to drug testing at its sole discretion, including but not limited to the
following circumstances:

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