Workplace State Law · Virginia
Virginia Workplace Saliva (Oral Fluid) Drug Testing Law
How Virginia 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: Open / Permissive
Statute and status in Virginia
Statute / authority: No mandatory state workplace testing law
No general mandatory testing statute. Oral fluid fully permissible. Cannabis recreational since 2021 but employers can still test. Safety-sensitive and federal contractor workforces are strong target.
What this means for employers in Virginia
Virginia has no statute restricting the specimen an employer may test, so saliva testing is permitted under general employment law. Keep a written policy, apply it consistently, and confirm non-negative screens at a laboratory.
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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