California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 1 - Administrative Personnel
Chapter 3 - Department of Human Resources
Subchapter 1 - General Civil Service Rules
Article 29 - Substance Abuse
Section 599.962 - Reasonable Suspicion
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Reasonable suspicion is the good faith belief based on specific articulable facts or evidence that an employee may have violated the policy prescribed in section 599.960(b) of these regulations and that substance testing could reveal evidence related to that violation.
(b) For the purposes of this article, reasonable suspicion will exist only after the appointing power or his/her designee has considered the facts and/or evidence in the particular case and agrees that they constitute a finding of reasonable suspicion. A designee shall be an individual other than the suspected employee's immediate supervisor and other than the person who made the initial observation leading to the question of reasonable suspicion. The designee shall be a person who is authorized to act for the appointing power in carrying out this article and who is thoroughly familiar with its provisions and procedures.
(c) After it has been confirmed by the designee the facts and/or evidence upon which the reasonable suspicion is based shall be documented in writing. A copy of this shall be given to the affected employee.
1. New
section filed 9-7-88; operative 10-7-88 (Register 88, No. 38).
2.
Change without regulatory effect amending section and NOTE filed 10-13-2014
pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register
2014, No. 42).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 18502, 19815.4(d) and 19820, Government Code. Reference: Section 19261, Government Code.
