FILE: GAMFC
HEALTH EXAMINATIONS
The Lafayette Parish School Board, through the Superintendent or designee, may require an employee to have a medical examination whenever there is evidence the employee's condition warrants such action, or there is concern for safety. Examinations may also be conducted to determine adequacy of job performance or to meet requirements of state or federal laws. All examinations conducted shall conform to all state and federal requirements. The physician shall be designated by the Superintendent and/or his/her designee, and the cost of the examination shall be paid by the School Board. The School Board may be entitled to reimbursement from an employee for the costs of such employee's or applicant's pre-employment medical examination or drug test if the employee terminates the employment relationship sooner than ninety (90) working days after the first day of work or never reports to work, unless there is a substantial change made to the employment by the School Board.
NEW EMPLOYEES
The School Board shall require all new employees to present prior to the end of the first calendar month of employment, as a condition of employment, a physician’s certificate attesting to their freedom from communicable disease and fitness for duty per requirements of the position description or the determination of the examining physician. This certificate shall include tuberculin skin test results. For test results other than negative, chest x-ray results shall also be included. The cost of obtaining the certificate shall be paid by the School Board.
Additionally, the School Board authorizes the Superintendent to require any employee to have a medical examination whenever deemed necessary to determine fitness for duty or to ascertain need for sick leave.
Any falsification or misrepresentation of health records for a current medical condition or previous medical condition shall disqualify an employee or candidate from employment with the Lafayette Parish School Board. The only exception shall be if a qualified medical specialist determines that a person is physically able to perform the duties of the assigned position.
BUS OPERATOR
Prior to the opening of each school session, each employed school bus operator--including regular, substitute, or activity bus operator--shall be required to submit to the Superintendent and/or his/her designee a certificate from a licensed physician on forms furnished by the School Board, stating that the operator has been examined and is free from any ailment, disease, or defect that would adversely affect his/her ability to safely operate a school bus. Such certificate should be submitted within fifteen (15) days prior to the opening of school, and the cost of said examination shall be paid by the School Board.
In addition, if the Superintendent determines after investigation that a bus operator’s health may be adversely affecting his/her ability to perform his/her duties at whatever age, then the Superintendent may require that the operator submit to a physical examination by a physician of the Superintendent’s choosing, to assist in assessing the bus operator’s health and possible effects on operation of the vehicle.
| Adopted prior to 1975 | Revised: November 18, 1998 |
| Revised: July 21, 1976 | Revised: July 18, 2012 |
| Revised: September 3, 1980 | Revised: July 6, 2016 |
| Revised: March 3, 1982 |
Ref: 42 USC 12101 et seq. (Title I, Americans With Disabilities Act)
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:491, 17:491.2, 23:897
Board minutes, 7-21-76, 9-3-80, 3-3-82, 11-18-98, 7-18-12, 7-6-16
Lafayette Parish School Board