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(B) Establishing an ongoing drug-free awareness program to inform employees <br /> about-- <br /> (1) The danger of drug abuse in the workplace; <br /> (2) The grantee's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace; <br /> (3) Any available drug counseling,,rehabilitation, and employee assistance <br /> 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 to be engaged in the <br /> performance of the grant be 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 <br /> condition of employment under the grant,the employee will -- <br /> (1) Abide by the terms of the statement; and <br /> (2) Notifying the employer in writing of his or her conviction for a violation of a <br /> criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace no later than five calendar days after <br /> such a conviction; <br /> (E) Notifying the Service in writing,within ten calendar days after receiving <br /> notice under paragraph(d) (2) from an employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of <br /> such conviction. Employers of convicted employees must provide notice, including <br /> position title, to every grant officer or other designee on whose grant activity the <br /> convicted employee was working, unless the Federal agency has designated a central <br /> point for the receipt of such notices. Notice shall include the identification number(s) of <br /> each affected grant; <br /> (F) Taking one of the following actions,within 30 calendar days of receiving <br /> notice under paragraph(d) (2),with respect to any employee who is so convicted-- <br /> (1) Taking appropriate personnel action against such an employee, up to and <br /> including termination, consistent with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, <br /> as amended; or <br /> (2) Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse <br /> assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State or <br /> local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency; <br /> 3 <br />