Drug Testing Issue | Status | Comments |
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Instant or POCT Testing | Restrictions | Chain or Custody procedures must be established. |
Drug Panels | Restrictions | SAMHSA 5 panel allowed, other drugs allowed if a federal agency has established guidelines for testing for said substance. |
Laboratory | Certification Required | State or Federal Certification |
Medical Review Officer | Required | Required for both positive and negative results |
Random Testing | No Restrictions | |
Post-Accident | No Restrictions | |
Reasonable Suspicion | No Restrictions | |
Oral Fluids | Restrictions | Urine required for voluntary law |
Hair Testing | No Restrictions | Urine required for voluntary law |
Unemployment Denial1 | Yes | Discharge for misconduct, follow Miss. Code 71-7-1 to -33 for drug testing. |
Workers Comp Discount | Yes | Mississippi provides for a 5 percent reduction in workers' compensation premiums to employers that establish a drug-free workplace program. |
Intoxication Defense | Yes | No compensation shall be payable if the use of drugs illegally, or the use of a valid prescription medication(s) taken contrary to the prescriber's instructions and/or contrary to label warnings, or intoxication due to the use of alcohol of the employee was the proximate cause of the injury, or if it was the willful intention of the employee to injure or kill himself or another. |
Medical Marijuana | No | |
Recreational Marijuana | No | |
Report Driver DOT Positives | No | |
General Statute | -- | Mississippi has a voluntary testing law that regulates alcohol and drug testing of applicants and employees, requires employers that test to have a written policy, and specifies testing procedures. MS Code Sec. 71-7-1 et seq. - CHAPTER 53 DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING REGULATIONS |