Section 87408 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 51. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
87408
. (a) When a community college district wishes to employ a
person in an academic position and that person has not previously
been employed in an academic position in this state, the district
shall require a medical certificate showing that the applicant is
free from any communicable disease, including, but not limited to,
active tuberculosis, unfitting the applicant to instruct or associate
with students. The medical certificate shall be submitted directly
to the governing board by a physician and surgeon licensed under the
Business and Professions Code, a physician assistant practicing in
compliance with Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 3500) of
Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, or a commissioned
medical officer exempted from licensure. The medical examination
shall have been conducted not more than six months before the
submission of the certificate and shall be at the expense of the
applicant. A governing board may offer a contract of employment to an
applicant subject to the submission of the required medical
certificate. Notwithstanding Section 87031, the medical certificate
shall become a part of the personnel record of the employee and shall
be open to the employee or his or her designee.
(b) The governing board of a community college district may
require academic employees to undergo a periodic medical examination
by a physician and surgeon licensed under the Business and
Professions Code, a physician assistant practicing in compliance with
Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 2 of the
Business and Professions Code, or a commissioned medical officer
exempted from licensure, to determine that the employee is free from
any communicable disease, including, but not limited to, active
tuberculosis, unfitting the applicant to instruct or associate with
students. The periodic medical examination shall be at the expense of
the district. The medical certificate shall become a part of the
personnel record of the employee and shall be open to the employee or
his or her designee.