Drug testing during a physical for a job?

[gordogranudo]

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the right place, correct me if I'm wrong. I recently have gotten a leave replacement job for a teacher at a high school. I also like to smoke weed occasionally. Now, I've been approved by the Board tonight which means I have the job (passed my background check, fingerprints, etc). Board approval makes it official. I was at the administrative offices today and they told me I needed to get a physical. No specific date, I just have to have it before the job starts in January. Now, on the paperwork, there is a long list of things the physician can check "positive" or "negative" to, such as heart, abdomen, lungs, etc. As well as a few for EKG, audiometry, urinalysis, and drug screening. Now, I'm thinking that this is just a general form that has drug screening listed in case one were to be administered. I have not been asked to do a drug test, nor have I been asked to sign anything consenting to one. They just asked me to go for a physical. Does a physical usually contain a drug test? I highly doubt it, as I've never been tested at my doctor's office before. Also, I doubt I'd have to have an EKG. So, keeping in mind that I've been approved for the job already, do you think I'll be tested? I don't think so, but I need to be reassured.

Also, I've read up in their policy and they mention drug screening during a physical for candidates with a conditional job offer. I am led to believe that I don't have one of these. Every other part of the physical section mentions "newly employed" teaching staff. The drug testing part mentions candidates who have a conditional offer. I am not, as far as I know, under a conditional offer. Also, it said the Board would have to pay for it and they'd select a lab themselves. I feel like if this were to happen, they would have sent me to a lab after my interview last week. So I don't think I'll have one, but again, just making sure.

Thanks for helping a paranoid guy out guys...

 

[TrYpTiCaL]

I would play it safe and assume I'd be taking a drug test.

 

[Swimmingdancer]

Unfortunately we don't allow drug testing questions, sorry. I agree with TrYpTiCaL that the wisest idea would be to err on the safe side and assume they will drug test you. But a "physical" does not normally include a drug test - unless one is asked for/required by someone. Your interpretation of your employer's policy etc is as good as our's, and I would make the same conclusions you did from the information given (that - from the info you provided - it seems unlikely). Sorry but that's all I can really say. We can't know for sure what your particular employer will do.

Please PM me if you have any questions.