This requirement supplements Section
1002(3) (g) of
the Regulations. It is in keeping with the concept that in order to render
proper service to the community, a law enforcement officer must be physically
sound and free of any defect which might adversely affect the performance of
duty. The officer's personal safety and the safety and lives of others will be
endangered if these important physical qualifications are not met.
REQUIREMENTS
1. Medical examination administered by a
licensed physician.
2. A medical
history statement, Form F-2a or an equivalent Form will be supplied to the
examining physician upon request. The medical history should include
information on past diseases, injuries and operations. Commission Form F-2 or
an equivalent Medical Examination Report should be utilized.
3.
VISION-Applicant must be free
of any visual defect which in the opinion of the examining physician would
adversely affect the performance of duty.
(a)
It is recommended that applicant possess normal color discrimination, normal
depth perception and peripheral vision of at least 75 degrees in each
eye.
(b) It is recommended that
applicants possess uncorrected visual acuity of 20/100 or better in each eye,
corrected to 20/20 in each eye, both at 16 inches and 0 feet. Vision
correction, when required, may be either glasses or Contact lenses. Should have
no active internal or external eye pathology. Should an eye pathology be found,
the applicant should be referred to an appropriate practitioner.
(c) There should be no apparent eye
deviation.
4.
HEARING - Applicant must be free of any hearing defect which in
the opinion of the examining physician would adversely affect the performance
of duty:
(a) Hearing may be considered normal
when a whispered conversation can be heard at 15 feet.
5. For all law enforcement officers employed
under the Act, retention on a permanent basis by the employing unit will depend
on the satisfactory results of the physical examination.
6. The physician's report after examination,
must conclude and clearly state that, in his opinion, the applicant has the
ability to physically perform the duties of a law enforcement officer in the
State of Arkansas.
RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES
1. Completion of Medical History
questionnaire by the applicant. (Form F-2a or equivalent form)
2. The physical examination will be conducted
by a licensed physician after review of the applicant's Medical History
questionnaire.
3. The physician
shall record his findings and shall note for evaluation by the hiring
authority, any past or present physical defects, diseases, injuries, operations
or conditions of an abnormal or unusual nature. (Form F-2 or equivalent form
should be used)
4. The examining
physician should carefully consider the response to question 23 of the Medical
Examination Report.
A department head should consider the form incomplete until
question 23 is completed by the examining
physician.