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AGENCY ABSTINENCE REQUIREMENTS REHABILITATION/TREATMENT AGREEMENTS
Section 1. These requirements apply to
all bargaining unit employees subject to a rehabilitation/ treatment plan due
to a diagnosis of substance abuse or dependency.
Section 2. In order to ensure an effective and consistent
rehabilitation process for safety related employees with substance abuse /
dependence problems, this program shall be administered in accordance with DOT
Order 3910.1C, Drug and Alcohol-Free Departmental Workplace. The Parties agree
that the following sections clarify the requirements for abstinence from
alcohol.
Section 3. The Parties agree that it is the universal practice of
substance abuse treatment facilities to require total (lifelong) abstinence
from alcohol whether the diagnosis is alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence. No
distinction is made between the two diagnoses with respect to considering a
lapse from abstinence to be a relapse that would require further therapeutic
intervention.
Section 4. The Parties agree that any distinction between the alcohol
abuse and alcohol dependency diagnoses should not alter the abstinence
requirements of the rehabilitation / treatment plans. Each diagnosis is
essentially viewed as being different aspects of alcoholism.
Section 5. The Parties agree that all rehabilitation / treatment plans
for safety related employees, whether for alcohol abuse or alcohol dependency
should require that the employee refrain from alcohol use throughout his/her
FAA career. Rehabilitation / treatment plans in effect prior to 11/15/95 that
do not have such a requirement will be honored.
Section 6. All safety related employees in rehabilitation for abuse of
other substances besides alcohol also will be required to refrain from the use
of alcohol during their minimum one-year rehabilitation period.
Section 7. In some cases, safety-related employees referred for
treatment for substances other than alcohol also will be required to refrain
from the use of alcohol throughout their FAA careers after EAP/Aviation
Medicine has made a determination based upon a subsequent diagnosis of alcohol
abuse/dependence, or where it is felt that alcohol use could serve as a
relapse trigger, as can occur with cocaine.
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