Substance Abuse Prevention Portal FAQs

The law says that any employer that has employees working on a public works project, include contractors, subcontractors, or agents of contractors or subcontractors must have a written substance abuse prevention policy in place before they can perform work on public works projects.

No. The legal requirement for employers who perform work on public works projects to have a written substance abuse prevention policy in place is not a new requirement. The Equal Rights Substance Abuse Prevention Portal is a new database that makes it easy for contracting entities and the public to search for participating employers and, if available, their substance abuse prevention plans.

Contractors who perform public works and public utility projects are not required to upload their substance abuse prevention plan to the database. Participation is voluntary.

No. Although the division encourages contractors to participate in the substance abuse prevention portal, participation is voluntary.

No. Contractors may choose to upload their substance abuse prevention plan to the portal, but participation is voluntary. The portal database is open to the public, and the division does not review the voluntary submissions to enforce compliance with legal requirements.

The attestation should be made by an employee of the contractor who has firsthand knowledge of the existence of the written program. If the contractor chooses to upload a copy of the written program, the attestation may be made by any employee who has firsthand knowledge that the plan they are uploading is a true and correct copy of that plan.

No. The responsibility to maintain a contractor's information in the substance abuse prevention plan database belongs to the contractor that owns the plan.

No. Participation in the database is voluntary. However, contractors are required to have a substance abuse prevention plan, even if they choose not to participate.

The substance abuse prevention plan database is open to the public and can be found online at dwd.wisconsin.gov/ERSubstance.