wileybunch
Senior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Nevada
My husband works for a medical imaging company (ie. X-rays, ultrasound, MRI, CT, etc.) as a registered CT tech doing CT and MRI and also handles their accreditation and radiation safety program. He's worked there almost 8 years.
His company was recently purchased by a large hospital chain that is keeping the medical imaging company as a separate division (an "affiliate of"). The sale/changeover will be complete within the next month and employees are being required to undergo urine drug test and fill out a list of any prescriptions or meds they take. They are also all being put on 90-day probation. They also had to all fill out employment applications.
DH isn't keen on the idea they are requiring a list of any meds they take. He doesn't do any illegal drugs, never has, so that's not the issue. But, he takes a prescription med for depression he'd rather they not know about.
Is it legal to require disclosure of the meds in the first place?
I should add DH isn't 100% sure they are requiring disclosure of ALL drugs. Other locations in the area already went through this and this is what other employees have said was required. The road show comes to his location on Monday so he'll know for sure what's required then. Seems to me they should only be able to ask about prescription drugs that can be abused to have an effect like street drugs do so that they can have you get a doctor's note or whatever to explain what's bound to test positive in the urinalysis.
My husband works for a medical imaging company (ie. X-rays, ultrasound, MRI, CT, etc.) as a registered CT tech doing CT and MRI and also handles their accreditation and radiation safety program. He's worked there almost 8 years.
His company was recently purchased by a large hospital chain that is keeping the medical imaging company as a separate division (an "affiliate of"). The sale/changeover will be complete within the next month and employees are being required to undergo urine drug test and fill out a list of any prescriptions or meds they take. They are also all being put on 90-day probation. They also had to all fill out employment applications.
DH isn't keen on the idea they are requiring a list of any meds they take. He doesn't do any illegal drugs, never has, so that's not the issue. But, he takes a prescription med for depression he'd rather they not know about.
Is it legal to require disclosure of the meds in the first place?
I should add DH isn't 100% sure they are requiring disclosure of ALL drugs. Other locations in the area already went through this and this is what other employees have said was required. The road show comes to his location on Monday so he'll know for sure what's required then. Seems to me they should only be able to ask about prescription drugs that can be abused to have an effect like street drugs do so that they can have you get a doctor's note or whatever to explain what's bound to test positive in the urinalysis.
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