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House Journal: Page 1100: Tuesday, March 31, 1998

47   gender as the individual from whom the sample is being
48   collected.
49     Sec. ___.  Section 730.5, subsection 9, paragraph
50   a, as enacted in 1998 Iowa Acts, House File 299,

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 1   section 1, is amended to read as follows:
 2     a.  (1)  Drug or alcohol testing or retesting by an
 3   employer shall be carried out within the terms of a
 4   written policy which has been provided to every
 5   employee subject to testing, and is available for
 6   review by employees and prospective employees.  If an
 7   employee or prospective employee is a minor, the
 8   employer shall provide a copy of the written policy to
 9   a parent of the employee or prospective employee and
10   shall obtain a receipt or acknowledgement from the
11   parent that a copy of the policy has been received.
12   Providing a copy of the written policy to a parent of
13   a minor by certified mail, return receipt requested,
14   shall satisfy the requirements of this subparagraph.
15     (2)  In addition, the written policy shall provide
16   that any notice required by subsection 7, paragraph
17   "i", to be provided to an individual pursuant to a
18   drug or alcohol test conducted pursuant to this
19   section, shall also be provided to the parent of the
20   individual if the individual tested is a minor and a
21   parent of the minor has not specifically waived the
22   requirement to be provided notice.  If a parent of the
23   minor has waived the requirement to provide notice,
24   the employer shall not be required to provide notice
25   to any person other than the individual tested.
26     (3)  In providing information or notice to a parent
27   as required by this paragraph, an employer shall rely
28   on the information regarding the identity of a parent
29   as provided by the minor.
30     (4)  For purposes of this paragraph, "minor" means
31   an individual who is under eighteen years of age and
32   is not considered by law to be an adult, and "parent"
33   means one biological or adoptive parent, a stepparent,
34   or a legal guardian or custodian of the minor."
35     7.  Page 3, by inserting before line 2 the
36   following:
37                        "DIVISION VII
38     Sec. ___.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2,
39   subsection 3, shall not apply to this Act.
40     Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATES.  Division VI of this
41   Act takes effect upon enactment or April 16, 1998,
42   whichever is later."
43     8.  Page 3, line 2, by striking the word "This"
44   and inserting the following:  "Division I of this".
45     9.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
46   word "Act" the following:  "relating to certain drug

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