Designation by the Labor Commissioner of Occupations as High-Risk or Safety-Sensitive Occupations Subject to Random Urinalysis Drug Testing

1. (a) "Commissioner" means the Labor Commissioner of the State of Connecticut whose mailing address is 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109, or his designee.
2. (b) "Labor Department" means the State of Connecticut Labor Department.
3. (c) "Employee" means any individual currently employed or formerly employed by an employer and includes any individual in a managerial position.
4. (d) "Employer" means any individual, corporation, partnership or unincorporated association, excluding the state or any political subdivision thereof.

5. (e) "High-risk or Safety-sensitive occupation" means an occupation which, (1) presents a clearly significant life threatening danger to the employee so occupied, his fellow employees, or the general public and is performed in a manner or place inherent with or inseparable from such danger, and(2) requires the exercise of discriminating judgment or high degree of care and caution, and(3) is separate from the ability to discern impaired or enhanced performance by direct supervision and is not reasonably subject to other valid and available means of observation and evaluation which would preclude the necessity of random urinalysis.

   Notes: Replace subdivision (3) of subsection (e) omitted due to publishing error. (February 11, 2026)

(Effective October 23, 1989)