The Tipton Community School believes good health is important to job performance. School bus drivers will present evidence of good health upon initial hire and every other year in the form of a physical examination report, unless otherwise required by law or medical opinion. All other employees shall present evidence of good health, in the form of a post-offer examination if determined necessary by the superintendent of schools or designee.
The cost of the initial examination will be paid by the Tipton Community School District. . The form indicating the employee is able to perform the duties, with or without reasonable accommodation, for which the employee was hired, must be returned prior to the performance of duties. The cost of bus driver renewal physicals will be paid by the school district at 100% if the driver utilizes the district designated physician or district designated certified medical examiner for bus drivers. The driver will be reimbursed up to the cost charged by the district designated physician or certified medical examiner if the driver chooses to use a non-designated physician or examiner. The school district will provide the standard examination form to be completed by the personal physician of the employee or a certified medical examiner for bus drivers.
Employees whose physical or mental health, in the judgment of the administration, may be in doubt will submit to additional examinations to the extent job-related and consistent with business necessity, when requested to do so, at the expense of the school district.
The district will comply with occupational safety and health requirements as applicable to its employees in accordance with law.
Legal Reference:
29 C.F.R. § 1910.1030.
49 C.F.R. §§ 391.41 – 391.49.
Iowa Code §§ 20.9; 279.8; 321.376.
281 I.A.C. 43.15; 43.17.
Cross Reference:
403 Employees' Health and Well-Being
Approved: 12/9/1996 Reviewed: 11/14/2022 Revised: 6/12/2017