Final Rules (Amended 2022 09 19)_Rule 1 Corrected (1) - Flipbook - Page 43
RULE 10
RULE 10
DISABILITY
10.1
Occupational Medical Standards: The City shall maintain occupational medical standards for
City employment, specifying the physical and/or mental demands of all classifications, provided that such
standards are directly related to job demands which are necessary to each respective classification.
These standards shall be adhered to through the application of medical examination(s).
10.2
Medical Examinations: The medical examination is part of the selection process and shall be
conducted by the City designated physician, free of charge to the candidate. This exam is conducted to
determine the candidate’s ability to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable
accommodation. The City designated physician shall provide a written statement to the Human Resources
Director that state whether the candidate meets or does not meet the occupational medical standards for
the classification. Only qualified individuals who pass the medical examination will continue in the selection
process.
10.3
Qualified Individuals:
Defined as employees or applicants who meet the minimum
requirements of the job and who can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable
accommodation.
10.4
Disabled Individuals:
following:
The term disabled means, with respect to an individual, any of the
a. a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more of the major life activities of such
individual;
b. a record of such an impairment;
c.
being regarded as having such an impairment.
10.5
Fitness for Duty Examination: A medical or psychological examination conducted by a City
designated physician may be administered to an employee, under any of the following conditions:
a. An appointing authority, having reasonable cause to believe that an employee may be
incapable of performing the essential duties of the employee’s position satisfactorily or may
pose a direct threat to the health or safety of himself/herself, fellow employees or the public;
b. The Human Resources Director may require that an employee who becomes disabled,
through illness or injury, shall submit to a Fitness for Duty Examination to determine the
nature and duration of illness or disability and the types of duties which the employee may
perform during the period of disability or illness;
c.
The Human Resources Director may require further physical examinations of temporarily
disabled employees to ascertain their fitness for duty in their appointed classification, e.g.
examination(s) by specialists;
d. To ascertain the employee’s fitness for duty upon return from a leave of absence:
(1) Exceeding thirty (30) calendar days due to an illness or disability of the employee.
(2) Exceeding ninety (90) calendar days when absence is not due to an employee’s
illness or disability.
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