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Drug Testing Policy
West Kentucky Community &
Technical College is committed to providing a safe environment
for students, faculty, and staff. WKCTC has adopted the following
drug-free policy:
Being
under the influence of alcohol or other drugs or the use, possession,
distribution, manufacture, or sale of illegal or unauthorized
drugs is prohibited and is punishable as a felony offense on
campus or within 1000 yards of campus. Conduct that violates
this definition, poses unacceptable risks, and disregards the
health, safety and welfare of members of the KCTCS college community
shall result in disciplinary action up to and including suspension
or termination. The KCTCS colleges are in compliance with the
Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Act amendment of 1989.
The term "campus" includes classroom, laboratory,
and clinical settings.
According to Article V of the
KCTCS Code of Student Conduct, Section 5.2.10, manufacturing,
possessing, using, selling, or distributing any type of controlled
substance or illegal drug is considered a punishable disciplinary
offense.
Since clinical assignments are an integral component of nursing
and allied health programs, successful completion of the clinical
experience is mandatory.
In order to allow sufficient time for processing and backup
testing if necessary, students assigned to a clinical facility
that requires drug testing must undergo this testing procedure
at least 10 days prior to the first assigned clinical day. Students
taking prescription or over the counter medications should provide
the testing facility with a list of these medications at the
time of testing. Ordinarily, negative test results will be returned
to the student within 1-3 days. Positive test results will take
longer.
Students whose drug test results are found to be positive,
or
students who do not receive notification of a negative test
result within 1-3 days have the right to request a second drug
test at Occunet. The student is responsible for expenses associated
with
this procedure.
If the second drug test is negative, the student may continue
studies and be placed at an alternate clinical facility. The
alternative placement is dependent upon availability of clinical
sites and supervision. If an alternative clinical site is not
available, resulting in an inability to complete the assigned
clinical experience, the student may be dropped from the program.
The student may be readmitted when the clinical course is offered
again.
If the second drug test is positive, in accordance with Section
5.3.9 of the KCTCS Code of Student Conduct, the student
will be removed from clinical, and dropped from the program.
The student may reapply to the program according to the program's
readmittance policies. Readmittance is not guaranteed.
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