P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4587

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§ 4587. Administration of tests for the detection of controlled substances to law enforcement officials or employees who hold sensitive positions or offices

Every official or employee who holds a position or office in the Municipal Police Corps, as said term is defined in §§ 1061–1079 of this title, including the Chief, Deputy Chief or Director thereof, shall also be subject to periodic tests for the detection of controlled substances.

Those officials or employees who hold sensitive positions or offices, as said term is defined in this chapter, including the liaison officer, shall also be subject to periodic testing.

Every contract signed between the municipality and a private enterprise with the purpose of obtaining security services shall include a clause to the effect that every guard of a private enterprise contracted by the municipality shall be subject to periodic tests for the detection of controlled substances, to be administered and paid for by the company for which he/she works. It shall also provide that every guard of a private enterprise contracted by the municipality whose test for the detection of controlled substances gives a positive result, shall be permanently barred from rendering said services.

History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, added as § 12.008 on Jan. 10, 1999, No. 30, § 4.