Topic:

“What’s New in drug screening, including new DOT drug panels, and how it is part of the new Illinois Workers Comp Law”

Speaker:

Wayne Hovland is the Vice President of the Drug Testing division for Aurico Reports, Arlington Heights, IL, since 2003.  Prior to joining Aurico,  he spent 34 years with the Chicago Police Department. While there,  he wrote the investigative process on positive employee drug tests. He then developed the department's random drug testing program. He was placed in command of this unit until he retired. Upon retirement,  he was hired as a consultant by Psychemedics, the world's largest hair testing company. In this position he worked with the police departments in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles in the development and implementation of their drug testing programs. He also presents a nationally recognized program on drug recognition for supervisors, which he has presented to numerous Fortune 500 Companies. He has been invited twice to address the Substance Abuse Program Administrator’s Association on recognizing the signs of substance abuse. Mr. Hovland has also addressed numerous labor law seminars on how to reduce drug use in the work place. Mr. Hovland is widely quoted on this topic. Most recently he was invited to address the Brazilian National Police regarding random drug testing. His program is DOT Compliant for mandated supervisor training.

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