4Health assessments

4 Health assessments

4 Health assessments

(1) For the Act, section 10, a person satisfies a medical assessment or examination if the person is found to be fit to carry out the duties of the position after a health assessment under this section.

(2) The health assessment must be in the form approved by the Secretary.

(3) The form may include the following—

(a) a declaration or a statutory declaration given by the person concerning an illness, disability or condition that the person is aware might make the person unfit to carry out the duties of the position,

(b) a medical examination by a medical practitioner approved by the Secretary,

(c) an examination of a particular aspect of the person’s health likely to detrimentally affect the person’s capacity to carry out the duties of the position and performed by—

(i) a medical practitioner, or

(ii) an optometrist, or

(iii) an appropriately qualified healthcare professional approved by the Secretary.

(4) The person carrying out the health assessment referred to in subsection (3)(b) or (c) may make a request to the Secretary for information that—

(a) relates to the duties of the position concerned, and

(b) is reasonably required to carry out the health assessment.

(5) The Secretary must give the requested information to the person.

(6) In this section—

fit to carry out the duties, for a position, includes the ability of a person to carry out the duties without endangering the health and safety of—

(a) the person, or

(b) the public, or

(c) other persons employed in the Department.