Ohio Code 4113.21 – Employee shall not be required to pay cost of medical examination
(A) No private employer shall require any prospective employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination required by the employer as a condition of employment.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4113.21
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) No public employer or private employer furnishing services to a public employer in accordance with a contract subject to the “Service Contract Act of 1965,” 41 U.S.C. § 6701 et seq., shall require any employee, prospective employee, or applicant for employment to pay the cost of an initial or any subsequent medical examinations required by the public employer or private employer as a condition of employment or continued employment.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) “Private employer” means any individual, partnership, trust, estate, joint-stock company, insurance company, common carrier, public utility, or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee, or the successor thereof, who has in employment three or more individuals at any one time within a calendar year.
(2) “Public employer” means the United States, the state, any political subdivision of the state, and any agency of the United States, the state, or a political subdivision of the state.
(3) “Employee” means any person who may be permitted, required, or directed by any employer in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment.
(D) Any employer who violates this section shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars for each violation. The bureau of workers’ compensation and the public utilities commission shall enforce this section.