Jefferson Firefighters
11-13-2008, 12:06 PM
Fire personnel have been subjected to random, post accident, probable cause and pre-employment drug testing since the early 1990's and are not opposed to mandatory drug testing as Jefferson Parish administrators falsely suggest.
Lawsuits filed by Jefferson Parish Fire Fighter's Association opposed unannounced changes in the drug testing policies and Jefferson Parish's medication reporting policies.
Fire employees were being ordered to report all medications (prescription and over the counter) to unqualified line supervisors in violation of privacy rights.
Some were facing possible termination because they were not aware of this newly enacted rule change. Fire personnel have simply demanded that medications be reported directly to the Jefferson Parish physician.
Fire personnel recently discovered Jefferson Parish had not been following some federal testing guidelines for the past 10 years.
The program director admitted under oath that she is not very familiar with all of the required guidelines.
This is the same program that has caused injured fire personnel to be denied pain relievers during emergency room visits until they had been drug tested.
Fire personnel have been recently relieved from duty and placed on sick leave for taking DayQuil, a common over the counter, cold medicine.
The courts have recently ruled against Jefferson Parish administration on this issue as shown in the link below.
http://jeffersonfirefighters.com/forums/forums/showthread.php?t=6
Lawsuits filed by Jefferson Parish Fire Fighter's Association opposed unannounced changes in the drug testing policies and Jefferson Parish's medication reporting policies.
Fire employees were being ordered to report all medications (prescription and over the counter) to unqualified line supervisors in violation of privacy rights.
Some were facing possible termination because they were not aware of this newly enacted rule change. Fire personnel have simply demanded that medications be reported directly to the Jefferson Parish physician.
Fire personnel recently discovered Jefferson Parish had not been following some federal testing guidelines for the past 10 years.
The program director admitted under oath that she is not very familiar with all of the required guidelines.
This is the same program that has caused injured fire personnel to be denied pain relievers during emergency room visits until they had been drug tested.
Fire personnel have been recently relieved from duty and placed on sick leave for taking DayQuil, a common over the counter, cold medicine.
The courts have recently ruled against Jefferson Parish administration on this issue as shown in the link below.
http://jeffersonfirefighters.com/forums/forums/showthread.php?t=6