1. 6. A student's failure to submit to a required drug screen, or attempting to tamper with, contaminate, or switch a sample will result in the student not being allowed to meet objectives for the course; therefore, progression in the program will not be permitted and the student will be withdrawn from all nursing courses.

The Drug Testing Procedure set forth below will be followed:

  1. Drug tests will be arranged by the SON in accordance with clinical agency requirements. All costs related to any drug testing is the student's responsibility. Payment for drug testing is due at the time the service is rendered.
  2. Tests will be conducted by a qualified laboratory in accordance with established methods and procedures. Confidentiality of the student as well as the validity of the sample will be protected by the testing facility. The procedure for collection as determined by the collection site will involve a witness to the voiding of the urine sample, securable urine containers, and chain of custody procedures that ensure that the samples identified to a nursing student actually contain materials from that student, that the samples are protected from tampering, and that the analysis of the samples is done in accordance with reasonable and accepted medical standards.
  3. The test shall screen for the use of drugs whose use is either illegal, or which are prone to abuse, as determined at the discretion of the Medical Review Officer of the testing facility, or for the use of any drugs which are reasonably suspected of being abused or used by the student.
  4. The Director for Undergraduate Programs will be notified of all test results. The Program Administrator of the School of Nursing will be notified on an as needed basis.
  5. Presumed positive test results for substances that cannot be verified based on available evidence, will be confirmed by the best currently available techniques as determined by the testing facility. If the student refuses to comply with the techniques determined by the testing facility, the student will be dismissed from the nursing program based on a positive drug screen. Positive test results shall be documented in the student's record in the SON.
  6. If the initial screening test is negative, that fact will be noted in the student's record. Unless there is compelling evidence to do otherwise, the preliminary investigation will cease and the student will be released from further action.
  7. Licensed nursing students (i.e. LPNs and RN-BSN students) who refuse to submit to drug/alcohol testing or who have positive drug test results will also be reported to the appropriate state board of nursing. Full reinstatement of licensure will be required for an unrestricted return to the educational