§ 20-23. Physical examination.  


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  • Before entering employment and as often as the head of the department may deem necessary for the performance of work assigned, an applicant or employee shall undergo a physical examination by a licensed physician to determine the physical fitness of the employee for the job sought or duty assigned. Such examination shall be conducted by the county physician or the county physician's designee and paid for by the county. The standard of physical fitness requirements related to job duty shall be established by each department head with due consideration given to the duties to be performed. Before becoming effective, such physical standards shall be submitted to and approved by the director and shall be furnished to the physician conducting the physical examination. No otherwise qualified handicapped individual shall be excluded from county employment solely by reason of handicap, unless such handicap prohibits such individual from performing job-related duties or places such handicapped person or county employee in unsafe conditions likely to result in bodily injuries to the handicapped person or other county employee. If a county employee does not agree to submit to a physical examination, such refusal shall be grounds for dismissal, suspension or leave without pay.

(Code 1976, § 2-3127)