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2006 Georgia Code - 45-2-41
45-2-41. (a) The commissioner of personnel
administration, subject to the approval of the State Personnel
Board, shall appoint up to five doctors of medicine licensed by the
state and other specialists, as appropriate, to develop standards
of medical and physical fitness required for persons about to be
appointed to positions in the state service. Such standards shall
be related to the duties required of specific positions in the
state service. The commissioner of personnel administration shall
develop the forms to secure the information needed to determine if
prospective employees meet the medical and physical fitness
standards required to perform the essential functions of the
relevant position. (b) If a
physical examination is required by the standards of medical and
physical fitness, a licensed medical practitioner may perform the
assessment and report the findings to a physician in the employ of
or under contract with the state or respective employing
department. The licensed medical practitioner may be of the
applicant´s choice and at the applicant´s expense or
may be a licensed physician in the employ of or under contract with
the state or respective employing department. When the licensed
physician is in the employ of or under contract with the state or
respective employing department, the assessment and findings shall
be made to the respective department and shall be final, except as
provided in the State Personnel Board rules. (c) The commissioner of personnel administration
may, through a competitive proposal process, enter into an
agreement on behalf of the departments to contract with medical
practitioners for the purpose of conducting assessments for medical
and physical fitness as required by the standards of medical and
physical fitness. In such case, each department may use the
selected contractor as an expense of a departmental employee
selection process or may recommend that prospective employees seek
the examination at the contractor´s site at the prospective
employee´s expense. If the prospective employee chooses to
use a medical practitioner other than one selected by the
department or under contract with the state on behalf of the
department, the findings and recommendations of such other
practitioner shall be furnished to the medical practitioner
selected by the department or under contract with the state on
behalf of the department for final determination of the medical and
physical fitness of the prospective employee. Expenses for the
medical practitioner under contract with the state on behalf of the
department shall be paid by the respective employing department
based upon the services provided by such medical
practitioner. (d) The State
Personnel Board is authorized to establish a fee and make payment
of same to the consultants appointed by the commissioner of
personnel administration for services rendered in the development
of standards of medical and physical fitness for state employees;
provided, however, that no state employee shall receive additional
compensation for services as a consultant for developing the
standards of medical and physical fitness. (e) The certification required by Code Section
45-2-40 shall be completed as required in the rules of the State
Personnel Board; provided, however, that if a physical examination
is required by the standards for medical and physical fitness, the
physical examination shall be completed prior to the date of
appointment, and the reporting of results shall occur within a
prescribed number of calendar days from the date of
appointment.
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