The Independence Community School District 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.
The cost of the initial examination will be paid by the 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. The school district may provide the standard examination form to be completed by the personal physician of the employee or a certified medical examiner for bus drivers.
Employees of the Preschool Program at the Early Childhood Center will present evidence of good health with tuberculosis (TB) screening upon initial hire and every other year in the form of a physical examination report, unless otherwise required by law or medical opinion. The school district may provide the standard examination form to be completed by the personal physician of the employee or a certified medical examiner. The Board will pay to the employee the cost of such examination upon presentation to the Board by the employee the paid receipt of the examining physician.
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; 279.8; 321.376.
281 I.A.C. 43.15; 43.17.
Cross Reference: 403 Employees' Health and Well-Being
Approved 08/15/2016 Reviewed 05/20/2019 Revised 05/20/2019
05/16/2022 05/16/2022
