PERSONNEL
403.1 - EMPLOYEE PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
This policy was rescinded on 5/20/2024.
Good health is important to job performance. Employees shall present evidence of good health, in the form of a physical examination report, prior to their employment with the school district. A physical examination report is required at least every three years thereafter. Physicals taken after May 1 shall be applicable for the following year.
Employees whose physical or mental health, in the judgment of the administration, may be in doubt shall submit to additional examinations, when requested to do so, at the expense of the school district.
School bus drivers shall present evidence of good health annually in the form of a physical examination report.
The cost of the initial examination will be paid by the district. The form, indicating the employee is able to perform the duties for which the employee was hired and that the employee did not test positive for tuberculosis, must be returned prior to payment of salary in September. The district shall pay the expense of the physical to the doctor designated by the district. Should the employee desire to use their own personal doctor, the form provided by the district must be used; the district will pay only the amount equal to the fee charged by the school designated doctor. The school district shall 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 infectious materials shall 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 bloodborne pathogens. The plan for designated employees shall 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.
Legal Reference: 29 C.F.R. Pt. 1910.1030 (1993).
Iowa Code §§ 20.9; 279.8 (2001).
281 I.A.C. 12.4(14); 43.15 -.20.
Cross Reference: 403 Employees' Health and Well-Being
Approved 01/16/69
Reviewed 10/29/2020
Revised 9/17/98, Rescinded 5/20/2024