§7706 — Title 46 Shipping | U.S. Code

Summary

Agency heads must send the Commandant any verified positive drug test or verified test-violation report they receive from a Medical Review Officer for a civilian employee, job applicant, Public Health Service officer, or NOAA officer who works on an agency-operated vessel. They must send the report within 2 weeks of getting it. They must follow the same rules used for reporting drug-test results to the Coast Guard for people on U.S.-documented vessels. The report may be released without the employee’s or applicant’s prior written permission, even if another law usually requires that permission.

Title 46, §7706

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(a)Not later than 2 weeks after receiving from a Medical Review Officer a report of a verified positive drug test or verified test violation by a civilian employee of a Federal agency, an applicant for employment by a Federal agency, an officer in the Public Health Services, or an officer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, who is employed in any capacity on board a vessel operated by the agency, the head of the agency shall release to the Commandant the report.

(b)The head of a Federal agency shall carry out a release under subsection (a) in accordance with the standards, procedures, and regulations applicable to the disclosure and reporting to the Coast Guard of drug tests results and drug test records of individuals employed on vessels documented under the laws of the United States.

(c)Notwithstanding section 503(e) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987 (5 U.S.C. 7301 note), the report of a drug test of an employee or an applicant for employment by a Federal agency may be released under this section without the prior written consent of the employee or the applicant.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 503(e) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987, referred to in subsec. (c), is section 503(e) of Pub. L. 100–71, which is set out as a note under section 7301 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232 struck out “of the Coast Guard” after “Commandant”. 2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–281, § 304(1), inserted “an applicant for employment by a Federal agency,” after “Federal agency,”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–281, § 304(2), inserted “or an applicant for employment by a Federal agency” after “an employee” and substituted “the employee or the applicant” for “the employee”.

§7706 Drug testing reporting