Is one of your employees unable to perform essential duties?

Current laws and regulations governing federal employees’ medical issues can frustrate agencies trying to maintain a full staff. Learn how to use medical examinations effectively — and legally.

This pamphlet explains the legal and regulatory limitations governing when and how to employ agency medical examinations.

You discover how the results of an agency medical exam can be used in making critical employment and benefits decisions, and the proper procedures for using exams to determine if an employee is able to perform essential duties.

Plus, you get crucial guidance to:

• Order an agency medical exam
• Differentiate between issues in various cases to select the appropriate rule to follow
• Use the agency medical exam process to obtain objective medical information you need to make informed employment decisions