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~- ~4 -c <br />v~ k <br />Orange County, NC: Contract #: 00016006 <br />ATTACHMENT C <br />• CERTIFICATION REGARDING DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS <br />Department of Health and Human Services <br />Office of the Secretary <br />By execution of this Agreement the Contractor certifies that it will provide adrug-free workplace by: <br />A. Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, <br />dispensing, possession or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the Contractor's <br />workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violation of such <br />prohibition; <br />B. Establishing adrug-free awareness program to inform employees about: <br />(1) The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace; <br />(2) The Contractor's policy of maintaining adrug-free workplace; <br />(3) Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs; and <br />(4) The penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations <br />occurring in the workplace; <br />C. Making it a requirement that each employee be engaged in the pertormance of the agreement be <br />given a copy of the statement required by paragraph (a); <br />D. Notifying the employee in the statement required by paragraph (a) that, as a condition of <br />employment under the agreement, the employee will: <br />(1) Abide by the terms of the statement; and <br />(2) Notify the employer of any criminal drug statute conviction for a violation occurring <br />in the workplace no later than five days after such conviction; <br />E. Notifying the Department within ten days after receiving notice under subparagraph (d)(2} from an <br />employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction; <br />F. Taking one of the following actions, within 30 days of receiving notice under subparagraph (d)(2), <br />with respect to any employee who is so convicted: <br />(1 ).Taking appropriate personnel action against such an employee, up to and including <br />termination; or <br />(2) Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or <br />rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, <br />law enforcement, or other appropriate agency; and <br />Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain adrug-free workplace through implementation of <br />paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f1. <br />• <br />DHHS (Federal Certification) (Drug-Free Workplace) (04/04) <br />