135.06 PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(a) All members of the Division of Police, as a condition of employment upon a job offer and before appointment to the Division, shall furnish written evidence of physical and/or mental fitness for such position by submitting themselves to a complete physical and/or psychological examination, at the expense of the City, by a duly licensed physician to be chosen by the Mayor/Director of Public Safety, whose report shall be final.
(b) All employees of the Division of Police shall submit to a physical examination and complete stress test no more than once per year after their appointment at the request of the Mayor/Director of Public Safety or the Police Chief. This examination shall only be related to the ability of the employee to perform his/her job. Each employee shall authorize the physician to submit a written report of the examination findings relative to the ability of the employee to perform his/her job to the Police Chief and/or the Mayor/Director of Public Safety. If an employee is found to be unable to perform his/her duty, the employee may elect to receive a second opinion from a physician of his/her choice, at his/her own expense. In the event the physician selected by the employee concludes the employee is able to perform his/her duties, the City and employee shall agree on a third physician, whose opinion shall control. The cost of the third examination shall be shared by the parties.
(c) All information obtained as a result of any physical and/or psychological examination shall be kept as a confidential medical record and put into separate files to be given out only under the conditions set forth at Section 157.30.
(Ord. 2004-199. Passed 12-21-04.)