904 LIGHT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS Flashcards
Occupational injuries and diseases can be reported on SAPD Form #172 or ____.
DWC Form-73
Non-occupational injuries can only be reported on
SAPD Form #172.
Officers choosing to deliver documentation via other than ____ are responsible to ensure successful delivery of the documents.
hand delivery
Officers who are medically cleared for limited duty by a treating physician or a designated doctor shall immediately call the Office of the Chief for instructions for placement on limited duty assignments. In the event the officer is
medically cleared for limited duty after normal business hours, 0745 – 1630 hours (Monday – Friday), the officer shall immediately call the Office of the Chief, the
next business day.
If an officer makes a supervisor aware that he has sustained or suffers from an occupational injury, occupational disease, or a non-occupational condition, the supervisor ____ the officer to seek medical attention; a no cost option is available to the officer. If the supervisor feels that the officer’s condition may interfere with his/her ability to perform assigned duties, the officer ____ to seek medical attention and submit SAPD Form #172 or DWC Form-73. The supervisor will document all cases where the officer is required to seek medical attention.
may require
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Vwill be ordered
If the officer’s personal physician is unwilling to complete SAPD Form #172 or DWC Form-73, a supervisor may order the officer to be evaluated by the ____ or other qualified healthcare practitioner to determine the officer’s duty status.
City’s Occupational Health office
Once assigned to a limited duty position, duty hours and relief days are assigned by ____ or ____. Night and weekend duty may be required. There is no guarantee that an officer will assume his regularly assigned shift or hours while on limited duty status.
the unit director
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detail supervisor
The officer placed on limited duty will ____________ so that this office temporarily suspends the applicable off-duty employment permits while an officer is on a limited duty assignment.
forward a copy of an officer’s SAPD Form #172 or DWC Form-73 to the Off Duty Employment Office
Officers on limited duty status must report for duty in ____ and are prohibited from wearing any regulation police uniform; or from operating or riding as a passenger in a marked police vehicle. Officers may not make the scene of a police incident while on limited duty status.
approved civilian attire
Should a limited duty position be filled by an officer who has a non-occupational condition, such officer will be displaced by an officer who has an occupational injury or disease and who qualifies for limited duty assignment.
The officer who is displaced is the officer with the non-occupational condition who ________ to a limited duty position.
has been most recently assigned
A limited duty assignment is for a maximum of ____ from the date of the occupational injury, occupational disease, non-occupational condition, or the date the first distinct manifestation of the injury or disease
occurred. The Chief of Police may extend this period if recovery appears imminent.
twelve (12) months
Any officer with a non-occupational injury/condition, upon being absent from their permanent assignment as a result of such injury/condition for a total of ____ which ____ need not be consecutive, may be required by the Chief of Police to submit to a medical examination by a physician as designated by the City for confirmation of the reported injury/condition and to determine if the officer is permanently disabled to the point where the officer is unable to perform a bona fide occupational requirement.
18 work weeks
An officer on limited duty assignment who has recovered from his occupational injury, occupational disease, or non occupational condition and is released for full duty by a physician shall present SAPD Form #172 or DWC Form-73 to the Office of the Chief […].
The officer must submit the form to the Office of the Chief, ________, by ____, or by ____.
Officers shall not ____ originals of completed SAPD Form #172 or DWC Form-73.
electronically (SAPDInjuryNotification@sanantonio.gov)
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fax
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hand delivery
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bin mail
When a physician releases an officer to return to regular duty after normal business hours or during an extended City holiday period, the officer shall report to his regular duty assignment as scheduled, present a completed SAPD Form #172 or DWC Form-73 to ____ indicating he/she has been released to full duty. The officer shall be assigned to regular duties by any supervisor until such time the Office of the Chief can formally receive and process SAPD Form #172 or DWC Form-73.
a supervisor
The Office of the Chief shall process the form and have the officer returned to his regularly assigned duties without loss of
relief days or seniority.
