La. Admin. Code tit. 67 § I-105
Controlled Substance- a drug, chemical substance or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V of R.S. 40:964 or Section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
Designer (Synthetic) Drugs- those chemical substances that are made in clandestine laboratories where the molecular structure of both legal and illegal drugs is altered to create a drug that is not explicitly banned by federal law.
Employee- unclassified, classified, and student employees, student interns, both paid and unpaid, and any other person having any employment relationship with the agency, regardless of the appointment type (e.g., full-time, part-time, temporary, etc.).
Illegal Drug- any drug which is not legally obtainable or which has not been legally obtained, to include prescribed drugs not legally obtained and prescribed drugs not being used for prescribed purposes or being used by one other than the person for whom prescribed.
Public Vehicle- any motor vehicle, water craft, air craft or rail vehicle owned or controlled by the state.
Reasonable Suspicion- belief based upon reliable, objective and articulable facts derived from direct observation of specific physical, behavioral, odorous presence, or performance indicators and being of sufficient import and quantity to lead a prudent person to suspect that an employee is in violation of this policy.
Safety-Sensitive or Security-Sensitive -a position determined by the appointing authority to contain duties of such nature that the compelling state interest to keep the incumbent drug-free outweighs the employee's privacy interests. Executive Orders Number KBB 2005-08 and KBB 2005-11 set forth the following non-exclusive list of examples of safety-sensitive and/or security-sensitive positions in state government:
1. positions with duties that may require or authorize the safety inspection of a structure;
2. positions with duties that may require or authorize access to a prison or an incarcerated individual;
3. positions with duties that may require or authorize carrying a firearm;
4. positions with duties that may allow access to controlled substances (drugs);
5. positions with duties that may require or authorize inspecting, handling, or transporting hazardous waste as defined in R.S. 30:2173(2) or hazardous materials as defined in R.S. 32:1502(5);
6. positions with duties that may require or authorize any responsibility over power plant equipment;
7. positions with duties that may require instructing or supervising any person to operate or maintain, or that may require or authorize the operating or maintaining, any heavy equipment or machinery;
8. positions with duties that may require or authorize the operation or maintenance of a public vehicle, or the supervision of such an employee.
Under the Influence- for the purposes of this policy, alcohol, a drug, chemical substance, or the combination of alcohol, a drug, chemical substance that affects an employee in any detectable manner. The symptoms or influence are not confined to that consistent with misbehavior, nor to obvious impairment of physical or mental ability, such as slurred speech or difficulty in maintaining balance. A determination of influence can be established by a professional opinion or a scientifically valid test.
Workplace- any location on agency property including all property, offices, facilities, vehicles and equipment, whether owned, leased or otherwise used by the agency or by an employee on behalf of the agency in the conduct of its business, in addition to any location from which an individual conducts agency business while such business is being conducted.
La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § I-105