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Policy DOP-P02 EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1991 REVISION DATE: December 18, 2020 3 P. Vendor/Independent Contractor: Any entity or person responsible for the performance of work under a vendor agreement or contract. Q. Volunteer: Any authorized individual directly engaged in the performance of services for a State or affiliated agency without promise, expectation, or receipt of compensation. R. Workplace: A site where service or work is performed in connection with the employment or service of an employee or vendor/independent contractor, including sites of social functions and conferences. The workplace shall include, but is not limited to, facilities, property, buildings, offices, structures, automobiles, trucks, trailers, or other means of conveyance (either private or public, while engaged in the performance of duties), and parking areas provided by the agency, even if not owned, leased, or operated by the agency. III. POLICY It is the policy of West Virginia State government and its affiliated agencies to ensure that its workplaces are free of alcohol, and illegal drugs by prohibiting the use, possession, purchase, manufacture, distribution, dispensing, sale of, or having such substances in the body system. Attempting to obtain, possess, purchase, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or sell alcohol or illegal drugs in the workplace is also prohibited. Although the sale and use of alcohol by an adult may be legal, the use, possession, purchase, manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or sale of alcohol in the workplace is strictly prohibited. Employees violating this policy are subject to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal and may be required to participate in a drug rehabilitation program as a condition of continued employment or reemployment. A. This policy is applicable while employees or vendors/independent contractors, are engaged in any work-/service-related activities which include performance of agency business. Work/service- related activity includes, but is not limited to, conducting work/service, representing the State or the agency, participation in conferences or off-site meetings, receiving awards, speaking as a State or agency representative, and participation in receptions when invited as a result of employment/service with the State or the agency. B. The use, possession, purchase, manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or sale of alcohol; the reporting to work under the influence of alcohol, or having alcohol in the body system at work, whether the alcohol was consumed at work or away from work, attempting to obtain, possess, purchase, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or sell alcohol, are all prohibited in the workplace. Industrial, cleaning, or medical products containing alcohol are not prohibited by this policy when used in the manner in which intended. C. The unlawful use, possession, purchase, manufacture, distribution, dispensing or sale of a controlled substance, legal drug, or illegal drug in the workplace; the reporting to work under the influence of an illegal drug; having an illegal drug in the body system; or possession of drug paraphernalia (other than drug paraphernalia lawfully prescribed by a physician or other person licensed to prescribe and used for the lawful purposes for which it was prescribed) are all prohibited in the workplace. Attempting to obtain, possess, purchase, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or sell illegal drugs in the workplace is also prohibited.