Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 478 - RULES OF THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD
Chapter 478-4 - MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION PROGRAM: PROSPECTIVE STATE EMPLOYEES
Rule 478-4-.01 - Definitions

(1) "Commissioner" and "Commissioner of Personnel Administration" are synonymous and mean the chief executive officer of the Department of Administrative Services. The term also includes any person properly designated by the Commissioner to perform any duty of the Commissioner under these rules.

(2) "Committee" and "Medical and Physical Standards Committee" are synonymous and mean the body appointed by the Commissioner to advise the Board relative to standards of medical and physical fitness.

(3) "Department"means any department or agency of the state.

(4) "Prospective Employee" means any person, other than a department head, who has been offered employment by any state department, who will work at least 30 hours per week, and whose employment shall not be of short-term, temporary, contingent, intermittent, part-time, or student nature.

(5) "Qualified medical practitioner" means any medically trained person who is licensed to assess the medical and physical condition of a Prospective Employee.

(6) "State Personnel Board" and "Board" are synonymous and mean the body established by Article IV, Section III of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.

(7) "State Physician" means any licensed physician who has been employed or contracted by a department or the Commissioner for the purpose of conducting Limited or Full Physical assessing the results of the examination for Prospective Employees, or determining if the Prospective Employee meets the standards of physical fitness for the specific position.