07 LC 21
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Senate
Bill 174
By:
Senators Grant of the 25th and Mullis of the 53rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 2 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to eligibility and qualifications for office, so as to provide for the
development of medical and physical fitness standards for persons employed in
positions in state government; to provide for the appointment of a medical
review board; to provide for payment; to provide for rules and regulations; to
provide for the expenditure of funds; to provide for applicability; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
2 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility
and qualifications for office, is amended by adding a new article to read as
follows:
"ARTICLE
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45-2-60.
(a)
The commissioner of personnel administration shall appoint a medical review
board composed of not more than five doctors of medicine licensed by the state
or such other specialists as the commissioner deems appropriate to develop
medical and physical fitness standards for persons employed in positions in
state service. Such standards shall be related to the essential functions of
specific positions in state service. The required duties comprising the
essential functions for identified positions shall be provided to the medical
review board by the appropriate department, agency, authority, or council.
(b)
The State Personnel Board is authorized to establish a fee and make payment of
same to the members of the medical review board appointed pursuant to subsection
(a) of this Code section for services rendered; provided, however, that no state
employee shall receive additional compensation for providing such
services.
45-2-61.
The
State Personnel Board shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the
administration of this article. The board, through the commissioner of
personnel administration, is authorized to expend allocated funds for the
services of the medical review board service and other incidental administrative
expenses in effectuating this article. All other expenses shall be borne by the
respective employing department, reviewing agency, or employee in accordance
with the rules of the State Personnel Board.
45-2-62.
This
article shall not apply to department heads, temporary employees, other
categories of employees of the state as defined by the State Personnel Board, or
to students in the University System of Georgia in the employ of the state. As
used in this Code section, the term 'temporary employee' means a person whose
period of employment is of short duration or is part time as defined by the
State Personnel Board."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.