Prohibited substance regulation and compliance testing : a principalism approach

dc.contributor.authorLaurens, Johannes B.
dc.contributor.authorCarstens, Pieter Albert, 1960-
dc.contributor.emailtim.laurens@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-21T14:23:22Z
dc.date.available2021-10-21T14:23:22Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND. Prohibited substance regulation and compliance-testing programmes are required to minimise risks to health and safety in the workplace due to inappropriate use of legal (alcohol, cannabis) and illegal substances. A compliance drug test is, in principle, an invasive biomedical intervention that infringes on the autonomy and other rights of the individual, giving rise to ethical dilemmas. OBJECTIVES. To employ Beauchamp and Childress’ principalism approach to reason and to motivate for the minimum ethical requirements for this type of biomedical intervention. METHODS. The ethical aspects relevant to the mandatory guidelines of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the USA (SAMHSA) protocols and procedures were extracted and interpreted with reference to the principalism approach. RESULTS. The principalism approach was found to be highly applicable to the ethical requirements of a prohibited substance regulation and testing programme. CONCLUSION. Ethical dilemmas could be explained and motivated by using the four principles of respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence and justice as a starting point.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentChemistryen_ZA
dc.description.departmentPublic Lawen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajbl.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLaurens, JB & Carstens, PA 2020, 'Prohibited substance regulation and compliance testing : a principalism approach', South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, no. 13, no. 2, pp. 114-118.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1999-7639
dc.identifier.other10.7196/SAJBL.2020.v13i2.711
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/82216
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© 20XX Health and Medical Publishing Group. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution licenseen_ZA
dc.subjectBiomedical interventionen_ZA
dc.subjectEthical requirementsen_ZA
dc.subjectIllegal substancesen_ZA
dc.subjectDrug testen_ZA
dc.titleProhibited substance regulation and compliance testing : a principalism approachen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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