LAC 46:LXX.6508. Prescription Drug Use

A. Every pilot has a duty to ascertain whether a prescription medication, legally prescribed, will impair their ability to safely perform their piloting duties. If, after consultation with their treating physician, a pilot reasonably believes or has been informed or advised that a prescription medication may cause impairment, the pilot shall inform the board and remove themselves from duty until such time that their treating physician, in consultation with a physician specializing in occupational medicine, to be named by the board, certifies that they may return to duty or changes the medication to one which will not impair the pilot. B. If a drug screen indicates the presence of a prescription drug which may impair a pilot’s ability to perform their piloting duties, and the pilot has not voluntarily taken leave, the pilot shall be removed from duty until such time the board, in consultation with a physician specializing in occupational medicine to be named by the board, can determine that the pilot is fit for duty.