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City of Santa Ana Response to Request for Updated Scope of Work G 5/31/18 <br />be scheduled to occur within 2 business days of the referral (or as directed by the City). Normally, the <br />exam will be scheduled at: one of the local medical providers identified however, with your permission, <br />exams could be scheduled at an alternative nearby clinic if the preferred clinic is booked out beyond <br />acceptable time periods or if the applicant lives closer to an alternative clinic. Upon scheduling the <br />medical exam the applicant is provided in advance all the necessary paperwork in order to complete the <br />exam successfully. This includes a copy of Occu-Med's GINA compliant medical history forms which <br />are used in place of the local medical providers' forms. We do this to ensure no inappropriate medical <br />history questions are solicited as often times, clinic specific forms lack compliance as they are used for <br />various other types of medical evaluations. <br />Having scheduled the medical exam, and with knowledge of the length of time required to obtain results <br />from the medical testing included in the exam (i.e., PPD test for tuberculosis takes 48 to 72 hours for <br />results), Occu-Med contacts the medical provider to request, or "harvest," the exam at the absolute <br />earliest time that it should be ready for review. This service has cut exam turnaround time for our clients <br />in half in almost every case. Thus, eliminating a clinic from "holding" an exam until they have staff that <br />can fax or email the results. Occu-Med commits to submitting a Medical Exam Summary Report to the <br />City on the same day the complete medical exam is received (provided it is received before 4:OOPM PT). <br />EXAMQA <br />When reviewing an exam Occu-Med combines: <br />a) a thorough knowledge of the essential physical and environmental components of the jobs in <br />question; <br />b) the medical expertise to gather all necessary and appropriate medical information upon which to <br />base safe placement, return -to -work and fitness -for -duty recommendations; and, <br />c) extensive knowledge of the legal constraints within which such hiring decisions must be made. <br />This aspect of our services means that Occu-Med and its medical review staff review all completed <br />medical exams and it is Occu-Med's recommendation that is made to the City regarding an applicant or <br />employees safe placement. This process ensures that pertinent aspects regarding a placement decision are <br />considered and not just those in the examining physician's purview. For Conditional Qualifications (CQ), <br />an Employment Agreement accompanies each such report. For Recommended Delayed for Qualification <br />(RDQ), RDQA is initiated with the applicant, and the City is simply notified that the process has begun. <br />This eliminates the possibility of disclosure of protected personal medical information that may be <br />undesirable for the City to have received. For each Disqualification (DQ), an appropriate medical -legal <br />6 1 Occu-Med <br />25L-16 <br />