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City of Santa Ana Response to Request for Updated Scope of Work 1 5/31/18 I. Organizational and Credentials Occu-Med's founder (now President and CEO of the company) directed a project (which eventually expended more than $2 million in cash and in-kind contributions) funded by the United States Civil Service Commission in 1976 "to develop and implement an improved system of physical and medical standards and procedures for employment." The goals of this project were: a) to ensure workers were able to safely perform the essential function of their jobs, b) reduce the costs associated with worker injuries, and c) protecting the rights of the disabled by developing a medically appropriate and legally defensible methodology for determining what medical conditions, injuries or illnesses allowed for reasonable accommodation. The Director of this project, Jim Johnson, having spent his previous two years at the County Supervisors' Association of California ("CSAC") as, among other assignments, staff to the statewide association of District Personnel Administrators, obtained a secondary grant to expand this project to include the entire state of California and to form an Advisory Group of representatives from more than thirty Counties, several Cities and various state and federal agencies enforcing the newly enacted legislation protecting the employment rights of the handicapped. Based on the original research conducted then, Occu-Med's methodology for managing employment medical evaluations was born. Occu-Med has gained a thorough understanding of employment laws and regulations over its 35 years of providing these services, and we know the importance of having a complete understanding of the physical and environmental factors that the employee will face in the workplace before a placement recommendation is made. Occu-Med has both legal and medical staff, and, because we thoroughly understand medicine, the law and the requirements of the job in question, we are able to confidently permit placement of applicants and employees who are able to safely perform the essential duties of the job with or without reasonable accommodation and are able to recommend (just as confidently) the disqualification of individuals who are unable to safely perform the essential duties of the job (again, with or without reasonable accommodation). For example, as part of our services we track, monitor and opine on updates to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Guidelines and National Fire Protection Associated Guidelines (NFPA) 1582 which sometimes go unnoticed by Risk Managers and ESH&S personnel, yet it is the employer who will be left to pay the bill should an applicant be tested inappropriately during a pre -placement medical exam. And just as importantly we ensure the quality of each clinic, provider, and laboratory in our medical network including: Joint Commission, State Medical Board and SAMHSA accreditation. We believe it is 3 1 Occu-Med 2BL-13