(A) No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment as a police officer, unless the person has reached the age of 21 and has, not more than 120 days prior to the date of such appointment, passed a medical examination as required by a federal or state law, or civil service rules, or required by rules established by the state public pension funds, or required for police training programs.
(B) Each person after receiving a conditional offer of employment shall be required to undergo a medical examination. Medical examinations shall be performed by a physician selected by the Personnel Director and shall be paid by Indian Hill. A drug screen is included as part of the process. The medical examiner shall report and certify to the Personnel Director that the person is free of heart, cardiovascular, respiratory and pulmonary disease, and that the applicant meets the physical or mental requirements necessary to perform the duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation. If the medical examiner certifies that the person is not physically or mentally capable of performing the essential functions of the position to which he or she has been appointed, and it can be shown that no reasonable accommodation is available that would enable the individual to perform the essential functions of the position or that a requested accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the city, then that person would no longer be eligible for employment in that position with the city and the conditional offer of employment will be withdrawn.
(C) The appointing authority shall, prior to making any such appointment, file with the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund a copy of the report or findings of the medical examiner. No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment when the person is 35 or age or older, and no person can be declared disqualified as over age prior to that time.
(Ord. 02-18, passed 4-23-18)