403.1 - Employee Physical Examination

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 employee except for CDL physicals which will be reimbursed up to a maximum of $150.  The form indicating the
employee is able to perform the duties for which the employee was hired must be returned prior to payment of salary.  The cost of bus driver renewal physicals will be paid by
the school district up to a maximum of $150.  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 infectious 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 bloodborne 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 stated 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 (2004).
                            
            Iowa Code §§ 20.9; 279.8, 321.376 (2007).
                            
            281 I.A.C. 12.4(14); 43.15 -.20.

Cross Reference:   403       Employees' Health and Well-Being

Approved     7-27-2009                                                    
Reviewed   6/16/2014                      
Revised    11-18-2013