EMPLOYEE PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
Good health is important to job performance. Employees will present evidence of good health, in the form of a physical examination report, prior to their employment with the school district.
School bus drivers will present evidence of good health every other year in the form of a physical examination report unless otherwise required by law or medical opinion. Employees whose physical or mental health, in the judgment of the administration, may be in doubt will submit to additional examinations when requested to do so, at the expense of the school district.
The cost of the initial examination will be paid by the school district up to $33.00. The form indicating the employee is able to perform the duties which the employee was hired must be returned prior to payment of salary. The cost of all bus driver physicals will be paid in full by the school district. The school district will provide the standard examination form to be completed by the personal physician of the employee. Employees identified as having reasonably anticipated contact with blood or infections materials will receive the Hepatitis B vaccine or sign a written waiver stating that they will not take the vaccine.
It is the responsibility of the superintendent to write an exposure control plan to eliminate or minimize district occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens. The plan for designated employees will include, but not be limited to, scope and application, definitions, exposure control, methods of compliance, Hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up, communication of hazards, to employees, and record keeping.
The requirements state in the master contract between employees in that certified collective bargaining unit and the board regarding physical examinations of such employees are followed.
NOTE: All school district employees, on initial hire, must present a form which states that employees are physically able to perform the employee’s duties. Bus drivers must present the form at initial employment and every other year thereafter, unless required by law or medical opinion.
Legal Reference: 29 C.F.R Pt. 1910.1030 (2002)
Iowa Code §§ 20.9; 279.8; 321.376 (2005).
281 I.A.C 12.4(14); 43.15-.20.
Adopted: October 17, 2006
Reviewed: June 20, 2011
July 11, 2016