{"id":50485,"date":"2020-07-06T01:17:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T01:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/?post_type=us_state_laws&#038;p=50485"},"modified":"2023-04-18T19:22:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T00:22:52","slug":"maine","status":"publish","type":"us_state_laws","link":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/us-state-laws\/maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Workplace Drug Testing Issues \u2013 Maine State Laws<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>These categories do not effect DOT-regulated drug testing. Government employers should always call for potential additional restrictions on employee drug testing.<\/p>\n<p>Alert &#8211; Effective 02\/01\/2018 employers should use caution and seek legal advice regarding pre-employment and random drug testing for Marijuana due to the Maine voters&nbsp;<em>\u201cQuestion 1 \u2013 An Act to Legalize Marijuana\u201d (\u201cthe Act\u201d).&nbsp; See more below about Maine and Marijuana.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Employers wanting to enact a drug testing program must have a policy approved by the Maine Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards.&nbsp; Maine Statute on Substance Abuse Testing \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.maine.gov\/statutes\/26\/title26sec683.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Title 26, Chapter 26, Subchapter 3-A.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New law effective May 2, 2008 &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;removes the prior law\u2019s prohibition on employers taking disciplinary action for marijuana use away from the employer\u2019s premises.&nbsp; A written drug testing policy is critical to avoiding liability in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Important to Note:&nbsp; <strong>Maine<\/strong> requires employers to notify employees and applicants of both positive and negative results, it must be in writing if donor requests a copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/us_state_laws\/50485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/us_state_laws"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/us_state_laws"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/us_state_laws\/50485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}