---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 C.F.R. § 182.225"
title: "2"
number: "182.225"
heading: "What actions must I take concerning employees who are convicted of drug violations in the workplace?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/2/182.225"
---

# §182.225. What actions must I take concerning employees who are convicted of drug violations in the workplace?


There are two actions you must take if an employee is convicted of a drug violation in the workplace:

- (a) First, you must notify Federal agencies if an employee who is engaged in the performance of an award informs you about a conviction, as required by [§ 182.205(c)(2)](/cfr/2/182.205.md?p=c-2), or you otherwise learn of the conviction. Your notification to the Federal agencies must:
  - (1) Be in writing;
  - (2) Include the employee's position title;
  - (3) Include the identification number(s) of each affected award;
  - (4) Be sent within ten calendar days after you learn of the conviction; and
  - (5) **Be sent to every Federal agency on whose award the convicted employee was working.** It must be sent to every Federal agency awarding official or their designee, unless the Federal agency has specified a central point for the receipt of the notices.
- (b) Second, within 30 calendar days of learning about an employee's conviction, you must either:
  - (1) Take appropriate personnel action against the employee, up to and including termination, consistent with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ([29 U.S.C. 794](/usc/29/794.md)), as amended; or
  - (2) Require the employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for these purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, law enforcement, or another appropriate agency.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 8101-8106; 31 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 6307.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 30130, Apr. 22, 2024, unless otherwise noted.