Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing in District of Columbia

January 10th, 2016

Kenneth Morales

Content Editor

Since that time, Washington D.C. passed a permanent law that is identical to the “Prohibition of Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing Emergency Act of 2014.”

As a reminder of the substance of the law. The only exception is when drug testing is otherwise required by law.

Nothing in this law will:

Affect employee compliance with employer workplace drug policies;
Require an employer to permit or accommodate the use, consumption, possession, transfer, display, transportation, sale, or growing of marijuana in the workplace or at any time during employment;
Interfere with federal employment contracts; or
Prevent the employer from denying a position based on a positive test of marijuana.

D.C. Code §32-931 is available here for review: http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/dccode/

backgroundchecks.com Compliance Update dated February 5, 2015 about Washington D.C.: http://www.backgroundbiz.com/compliance/complianceupdate_02052015.html