31Health assessment

31 Health assessment

31 Health assessment

(cf rule 9 GSE (General) Rules 2014)

(1) This rule applies to an administrative employee whose engagement in the NSW Police Force is made subject to a condition that the employee’s fitness to perform the duties of the role to which the employee is assigned has been confirmed by a health assessment.

(2) For the purposes of this rule, fitness to perform the duties of a role includes the ability to carry out the role without endangering the health and safety of the public, of other members of the NSW Police Force or of the administrative employee concerned.

(3) The form of the health assessment may include (but is not limited to) any one or more of the following:

(a) a declaration (which may be a statutory declaration if required) provided by the administrative employee concerning any illness, disability or condition of which the employee is aware that might make the employee unfit to carry out the role,

(b) a medical examination by a medical practitioner approved by the Commissioner or the Public Service Commissioner,

(c) an examination, by a medical practitioner, optometrist or other appropriately qualified health care professional, approved by the Commissioner or the Public Service Commissioner, of a particular aspect of the administrative employee’s health likely to detrimentally affect the employee’s capacity to carry out the role.

(4) The Commissioner is to give the health care professional providing a health assessment referred to in subrule (3) (b) or (c) any requested information about the role concerned that is reasonably required for the purpose of providing the assessment.