Pre Placement Evals Lecture Powerpoint

Question 1

Pre-placement evals definition

Answer 1

Most common exam in occupational medicine, private employer requested, based on companies policies and procedures and mandated by gov entity (ex - DOT) with outcome restricted to 2 determinations including whether an individual “can perform essential job functions with or without accommodation” and “whether the individual represents a direct threat to themselves or others”

Question 2

American with Disabilities Act definition of Disability

Answer 2

Physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities

Question 3

(T/F) Pre-placement evals should be done post offer of the job

Answer 3

True - establish baseline data, determine ability of specific job, help ensure health and well being of the employee

Question 4

Reasonable accommodation definition

Answer 4

Modification or adjustment to a job, an employment practice, or work environment that enables an individual with disability to enjoy equal employment opportunity including but not limited to modifying work schedules, changing accessibility of work stations, providing readers or interpreters, etc. Somewhat of a grey area but generally illegal to not employ an individual based on their accommodation needs, managers are informed of need for accommodations but NOT entitled to diagnosis

Question 5

Some common testing related to job duties done in a pre-eval exam (5)

Answer 5

• vision
• hearing
• tox screen
• CXR (Tb, asbestos)
• spirometry

Question 6

2 exceptions to pre-eval requirements of post-offer testing

Answer 6

• urine drug testing

- strength and endurance testing functional capacity