Texas Drug and Alcohol Policy

- Testing will ordinarily be conducted during, immediately before or immediately after regularly scheduled work or school hours. For current employees, time spent in testing and in traveling to and from the regular work site to the place of testing, is work time.

- Whenever a Drug or Alcohol impairment test is done at the request of DSDT pursuant to this policy, the school will pay the actual costs of the testing. In addition, when testing is done at locations over than the school facility, the school will pay reasonable transportation costs for the travel to and from the site to the testing location.

- Sample collection shall be performed under reasonable and sanitary conditions;

- Sample collections shall be labeled in such a way as to reasonably preclude the possibility of misidentification of test results;

- Prior to testing, the individual shall be provided with an opportunity to notify DSDT of any information relevant to the test;

- Sample collection, storage, and transportation, where necessary shall be performed in a manner reasonably designed to preclude the possibility of sample contamination adulteration, or misidentification.

- Sample testing will be done in such a way as to comply with scientifically accepted analytical methods and procedure, and by a laboratory approved or certified by, at least, one of the following: United states Department of Health and Human Services, College of American Pathologist or a state department of health and human services.

- Upon the written request of the individual, a positive Drug test result shall be confirmed by a subsequent test, using a different chemical process than used in the initial drug screen. A chromatographic technique or another comparably reliable analytic method will be conducted confirming results.

- Employees and students have the right, upon written request, to obtain a copy of the written test results.

- DSDT will not release information relating to testing, including test results, to any third parties except upon written authorization of the employee or student, or when legally compelled to do so.

Refusal to participate in Drug or Alcohol impairment testing when requested to do so, or refusal to accept the terms and conditions of testing as specified in this policy, may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination from DSDT. If applicable, prospective employees or students who refuse to undergo Drug or Alcohol impairment testing are not eligible for hire or admission (respectively).

Please direct any questions, concerns, or reports regarding this policy to the School Director. 

The use or possession of alcoholic beverages is expressly prohibited in classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories, the libraries, and within buildings or arenas where events, lectures, and meetings are held. The use of alcoholic beverages is expressly prohibited in all public areas of campus buildings. For employees only, social activities held off-premises and paid for on a personal basis are generally not affected by this policy. If management considers it appropriate and approves of such use in writing, alcoholic beverages may be served at company-sponsored events held off-premises and for purely social reasons.

Under Texas law, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to purchase, consume, possess or have any bodily content of alcohol. The following summarizes some of the potential legal consequences for violating state law:

A first-timeconviction may result in a fine, substance abuse education and treatment, community service and court-ordered drug screenings.

There also is a provision for possible imprisonment or probation for a second or subsequent offense.

The use of false identification by minors in obtaining alcohol is punishable with a fine, loss of driver's license, probation and community service.

DSDT is in compliance with the federal Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1989. Federal and Texas law prohibits the manufacture, sale, delivery, possession, or use of a controlled substance without legal authorization. A controlled substance includes any drug, substance, or immediate precursor covered under the Texas Controlled Substances Act, including but not limited to, opiates, barbiturates, amphetamines, marijuana, and hallucinogens. The possession of drug paraphernalia is also prohibited under Texas State law. Drug paraphernalia includes all equipment, products, and material of any kind that are used to facilitate, or intended or designed to facilitate, violations of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. Alleged violations of this law may result in criminal charges and will also be adjudicated through the appropriate University disciplinary process.