Employees may be required to submit to a pre-employment physical examination after an offer of employment has been made and before the beginning of service. The district will provide the standard examination form to be completed by an appropriately licensed health care provider who performs the physical examination. A written report of the physical examination shall be submitted to the district. The date by which any such physical examination report shall be submitted to the district shall be determined by the superintendent, but in no case shall be any less than five (5) business days prior to the first working day.
Bus drivers will be examined using all applicable state and federal criteria at the beginning of employment and every two (2) years thereafter.
Fitness-for-duty examinations may be required following an absence from work due to illness, if there is a reasonable belief that the employee is unable to perform the essential functions of the job, or if there is a reasonable belief that the employee poses a direct threat to the employee or others because of a health condition. A direct threat occurs when an individual poses a significant risk of substantial harm to him/herself or others, and the risk cannot be reduced below the direct threat level through reasonable accommodations. The district also reserves the right to request additional physical or mental evaluation as deemed by a licensed physician for job performance.
The school district will provide the standard examination form to be completed by Heartland Occupational Medicine. Failure to use our designated doctor, Heartland Occupational Medicine, will result in loss of reimbursement.
The cost of the initial physical examination will be paid by the employee. The cost of bus driver renewal physicals will be paid by the district up to a maximum set by the district provider.
All new employees will be reimbursed $50.00 out of pocket expense by the Red Oak Community School District.
Approved: July 25, 2018
Reviewed: May 23, 2022
Revised: May 23, 2022
