§ 20-2A-13 — Ineligibility to Receive Compensation Due to Impairment of Employee by Medical Cannabis

An employee who is injured or killed under circumstances that might otherwise make the employee or the employee’s dependents eligible to receive worker’s compensation benefits under Chapter 5 of Title 25 is, along with the employee’s dependents, ineligible to receive compensation as defined in Section 25-5-1, if the injury or death occurred due to the employee’s impairment by medical cannabis, which shall be conclusively presumed in the event of a positive drug test conducted and evaluated pursuant to standards adopted for drug testing by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 49 C.F.R. Part 40, as provided under Section 25-5-51, or if the employee refuses to submit to or cooperate with a blood or urine test, as provided by that section.

Legislative History

(Act 2021-450, §3.)