Workplace State Law · California
California Workplace Saliva (Oral Fluid) Drug Testing Law
How California treats oral fluid (saliva) drug testing in the workplace — the statute, its current status, and what that means for employers building or updating a testing program.
Status: Explicitly Permitted
Statute and status in California
Statute / authority: CA AB 2188 (eff. Jan 1, 2024) · Labor Code § 12954
AB 2188 bans urine THC metabolite testing for non-DOT pre-employment. Oral fluid (parent THC detection) is the compliant path. Not all oral fluid tests qualify.
What this means for employers in California
California explicitly permits oral fluid (saliva) point-of-collection testing for employers. Programs here can run observed saliva collection on site, with results in minutes and a laboratory confirmation pathway for non-negatives. Check the statute's panel, cut-off and notice requirements before deploying.
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- Alabama — Open / Permissive
- Alaska — Explicitly Permitted
- Arizona — Open / Permissive
- Arkansas — Open / Permissive
- California — Explicitly Permitted
- Colorado — Open / Permissive
- Connecticut — Voluntary / Conditional
- Delaware — Restricted
- Florida — Open / Permissive
- Georgia — Open / Permissive
- Hawaii — Restricted
- Idaho — Open / Permissive
- Illinois — Open / Permissive
- Indiana — Open / Permissive
- Iowa — Voluntary / Conditional
- Kansas — Open / Permissive
- Kentucky — Open / Permissive
- Louisiana — Open / Permissive
- Maine — Voluntary / Conditional
- Maryland — Voluntary / Conditional
- Massachusetts — Voluntary / Conditional
- Michigan — Open / Permissive
- Minnesota — Explicitly Permitted
- Mississippi — Open / Permissive
- Missouri — Open / Permissive
- Montana — Explicitly Permitted
- Nebraska — Open / Permissive
- Nevada — Open / Permissive
- New Hampshire — Voluntary / Conditional
- New Jersey — Voluntary / Conditional
- New Mexico — Open / Permissive
- New York — Open / Permissive
- North Carolina — Open / Permissive
- North Dakota — Open / Permissive
- Ohio — Open / Permissive
- Oklahoma — Open / Permissive
- Oregon — Open / Permissive
- Pennsylvania — Open / Permissive
- Rhode Island — Voluntary / Conditional
- South Carolina — Open / Permissive
- South Dakota — Open / Permissive
- Tennessee — Open / Permissive
- Texas — Open / Permissive
- Utah — Explicitly Permitted
- Vermont — Voluntary / Conditional
- Virginia — Open / Permissive
- Washington — Explicitly Permitted
- West Virginia — Open / Permissive
- Wisconsin — Open / Permissive
- Wyoming — Open / Permissive