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11.6 Maintenance of Drue-Free Workplace. Developer shall certify that Developer will provide a drug -free workplace in accordance with The Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988 and agrees to comply with and be subject to its requirements, which include: (a) Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the grantee's workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violation of such prohibition. (b) Establishing an ongoing drug -free awareness program to inform employees about: (a) the dangers of drug abuse in the work place; (b) the grantee's policy of maintaining a drug -free workplace; (c) any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs; and (d) the penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations occurring in the workplace. (c) Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in the performance of the grant be given a copy of the statement required by paragraph (i). (d) Notifying the employee in the statement required by paragraph (i) that, as a condition of employment under the grant, the employee will: (a) abide by the terms of the statement; and (b) notify the employer in writing of his or her conviction for a violation of a criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace no later than five (5) calendar days after such conviction. (e) Notifying the agency in writing, within ten (10) calendar days after receiving notice under sub -paragraph (iv)(b) from an employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction. Employers of convicted employees must provide notice, including position title, to every grant officer or other designee on whose grant activity the convicted employee was working, unless the Federal agency has designated a central point for the receipt of such notices. Notice shall include the identification number(s) of each affected grant. (f) Taking one of the following actions, within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving notice under subparagraph (iv)(b), with respect to any employee who is so convicted: (a) taking appropriate personnel action against such an employee, up to and including termination, consistent with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; or (b) requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State or local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency, 22