POST Medical Screening Manual for California Law Enforcement, 2004

• NCJ Number: 223575
• Author(s): R. Leonard Goldberg M.D.; Shelley Weiss Spilberg Ph.D.; Stephen G. Weyers M.D.
• Date Published: August 2004
• Length: 352 pages
• Corporate Author: California Cmssn on Peace Officer Standards and Training
• Sale Source: POST Media Distribution Ctr
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Policy/Procedure Handbook/Manual
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Downloaded August 7, 2008

Annotation

This manual, which was revised as of August 2004, is intended for use primarily by physicians and hiring authorities who screen California’s police patrol-officer candidates, as it presents the protocol for a medical evaluation that promotes the individualized assessment of each candidate in determining whether his/her medical status enables the candidate to perform specific patrol officer job functions safely.

Abstract

The first section of the manual provides an overview of the manual’s development and its proper use in the screening of patrol-officer candidates. This section contains a description of the objectives that guided the development of the revised manual, as well as the procedures followed in its development. A discussion of pre-employment medical screening and the law addresses State and Federal laws that are relevant to the medical screening of patrol-officer candidates, as well as how these laws have impacted the manual’s examination and evaluation protocols. This first section of the manual also considers the implications of patrol-officer job demands for medical screening, followed by a presentation of general guidelines for using the medical screening manual. The manual’s second major section, which constitutes the manual’s core, presents medical examination and evaluation protocols. They are intended expressly for the screening physician, as they provide detailed guidance on the medical screening of patrol-officer candidates. This section presents detailed protocols for the medical examination and evaluation of the cardiovascular system, skin conditions, the endocrine system, the gastrointestinal system, blood analysis (hematology), evaluation of a candidate with a history of tumor or malignancy (oncology), infectious diseases, musculoskeletal system, neurology, the respiratory system, vision, and hearing. The appendixes address medication-related impairment, participating medical specialists, the medical history statement, and the medical examination report.