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Gov. Code, § 8351 · Article 1. Definitions

Gov. Code, § 8351

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As used in this chapter:

(a) “Drug-free workplace” means a site for the performance of work done in connection with a specific grant or contract described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 8355) of an entity at which employees of the entity are prohibited from engaging in the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.

(b) “Employee” means the employee of a grantee or contractor directly engaged in the performance of work pursuant to the grant or contract described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 8355) .

(c) “Controlled substance” means a controlled substance in schedules I through V of Section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 812).

(d) “Grantee” means the department, division, or other unit of a person or organization responsible for the performance under the grant.

(e) “Contractor” means the department, division, or other unit of a person or organization responsible for the performance under the contract.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1170, Sec. 1.

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