Can a pre-employment drug screen result be shared with other companies or on a record?

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Can a pre-employment drug screen result be shared with other companies or on a record?

Asked on November 21, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois

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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

Absent written authorization by the employee candidate for work pre-employment drug screening results cannot be legally shared ith other companies or within some record. To do such without authorization by the employee candidate is a violation of that person's Constitutional Right to privacy.


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