Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has approved a bill requiring employers in
West Virginia
The bill signed Friday takes effect
immediately. Employers must notify the administration within seven days if an
employee tests positive, refuses a urine sample, or has submitted an adulterated
sample. Suspect employees will be suspended from work until they appear before
a board of appeals.
New hires must submit to a
pre-employment urine test.
Prior to this law, mine industry
employers were only required to submit test results to the state if a miner was
fired.
