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Commission appoints its first three-physician board for disqualified fire applicants
Under Texas Local Government Code Section 143.022(c), a fire applicant disqualified at the pre-hire examination may be re-examined by a board of three physicians appointed by the commission, at the applicant's expense. The president of the Amarillo Fire Fighters Association told the commission the hiring window before the academy was short and asked whether the panel could be set in advance. The chair said that in all his time on the commission he had never done this. The Director of Human Resources said the list offered was of area occupational-medicine providers found through a general Google search, that none had been contacted, and that there had been requests for re-examination in the current cycle. On the City Attorney's advice the commission appointed the top three physicians on the list and the next three as alternates.[1]
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Civil Service Commission chair; Director of Human Resources: The commission chair said that in all his time on the commission he had never appointed a physician board under Section 143.022(c). The commission appointed three physicians and three alternates from a list of area occupational-medicine providers that HR said it had compiled through a general Google search, and that no physician on the list had been contacted. [1]
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City Attorney; Director of Human Resources: The City Attorney said the statute requires the commission to name the physicians because the applicant pays for the re-examination, and that applicants would not choose their own physician. The Director of Human Resources said the appointment was for the current hiring list and that a standing list would need to be explored with the City Attorney. [1]
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President, Amarillo Fire Fighters Association: The president of the Amarillo Fire Fighters Association asked during public address whether a panel of physicians could be set in advance, saying the window between a disqualification and the start of the academy was very short. The City Attorney said he would work with HR to see if that was possible. [1]
