title: Unified fitness report for the workplace.
abstract: Fitness statements often are required of physicians by patients, employers, governmental agencies, and insurance providers to determine if the patient is fit for duty. Physicians making these ability statements are legally obligated to carefully justify them when placing or excluding individuals from the workplace. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that medical providers use justifiable criteria and rational thought when determining the capability and risk of an individual. This chapter reviews the legal requirements of the ADA for employers and physicians and presents a uniform methodology that both can use to determine the performance capability of an individual with a temporary or permanent impairment or disability.
authors.affiliation: Labor Commission, State of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84114-6610, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Colledge
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Johns
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017132:Workplace