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                                  TITLE  44
                                    LABOR
                                  CHAPTER 18
                          EMPLOYMENT OF FIREFIGHTERS
    44-1812.  MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EMPLOYING PAID FIREFIGHTERS. (1) No person
may be employed as a paid firefighter as defined in sections 44-1801(1) and
59-1391(f), Idaho Code, until that person:
    (a)  Has met and has been certified by the examining physician selected by
    the corporate authority as having met the minimum medical and health
    standards set forth in subsection (4) of this section;
    (b)  Is at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of appointment;
    and
    (c)  Has met prescribed physical performance standards as adopted  by the
    corporate authority.
    (2)  A true copy of the medical history of the applicant, completed and
signed by the examining physician shall be sent to the corporate authority.
Such records shall be furnished prior to the date of active employment of the
applicant. If an applicant fails to meet the requirements of subsection (1) of
this section, the applicant shall not be eligible for employment and the
corporate authority shall provide notice of ineligibility to the applicant.
    (3)  Physical examination records shall be a part of the permanent file of
the corporate authority.
    (4)  For purposes of this section, the phrase "minimum medical and health
standards" shall mean the preplacement medical evaluation provisions of
chapter 2-3 of the 1997 edition of NFPA 1582, the standard on medical
requirements for firefighters published by the national fire protection
association. The cost of the medical examination contemplated by this section
is to be paid by the corporate authority, which shall make copies of NFPA 1582
available upon request.
    (5)  Nothing in this section shall apply to paid firefighters who are
employed as such before October 1, 1980, as long as they continue in such
employment; nor to promotional appointments after becoming a member of a fire
department of any corporate authority; nor to the reemployment of a paid
firefighter by the same or a different corporate authority within two (2)
years after the termination of his employment; nor to the reinstatement of a
paid firefighter who has been on military or disability leave, disability
retirement status, or who was terminated because of a reduction in force or
leave of absence status.