Text: H08361 Text: H08363 Text: H08300 - H08399 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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1 1 Amend House File 2470 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 4 through 6 and
1 3 inserting the following: "means an employee of the
1 4 state or a political subdivision of the state who is
1 5 any of the following:
1 6 a. A paid fire fighter.
1 7 b. A peace officer as defined in section 801.4.
1 8 c. An attorney general as defined in section
1 9 801.4.
1 10 d. A county attorney as defined in section 801.4.
1 11 e. A magistrate as defined in section 801.4.
1 12 f. A prosecuting attorney as defined in section
1 13 801.4.
1 14 g. A judicial officer as defined in section
1 15 602.1101.
1 16 h. An emergency medical care provider as defined
1 17 in section 147A.1."
1 18 #2. Page 1, by striking lines 14 through 17 and
1 19 inserting the following: "shall provide for drug or
1 20 alcohol testing only if the employer has probable
1 21 cause to believe that the public safety employee's
1 22 faculties are impaired on the job. For purposes of
1 23 this subsection, an employer has probable cause to
1 24 believe that a public safety employee's faculties are
1 25 impaired on the job if the employer is investigating
1 26 an accident in the workplace and all of the following
1 27 conditions are met:
1 28 a. The employer has reasonable grounds to believe
1 29 that the public safety employee proposed to be tested
1 30 either directly caused or directly contributed to the
1 31 accident.
1 32 b. The employer has reasonable grounds to believe
1 33 that the public safety employee's faculties were
1 34 impaired and that the impairment was likely a
1 35 substantial factor in causing the accident.
1 36 c. The accident results in a personal injury which
1 37 requires medical treatment away from the workplace or
1 38 damage to property, including equipment, in an amount
1 39 reasonably estimated to exceed three thousand dollars
1 40 at the time of the accident.
1 41 d. Prior to the accident, the employer has
1 42 provided the employee to be tested with written notice
1 43 of the employer's rules or policies regarding alcohol
1 44 and controlled substances and testing when a workplace
1 45 accident or injury occurs."
1 46
1 47
1 48
1 49 MURPHY of Dubuque
1 50 HF 2470.302 77
2 1 ec/cf/28
Text: H08361 Text: H08363 Text: H08300 - H08399 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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