Tex. Labor Code § 505.054
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 505.054, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 505.054. PREEMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL; EXAMINING PHYSICIANS.
Official statutory text
(a) The department may require that an individual may not be certified as an employee of the department under this chapter until the individual:
(1) submits to a physical examination as provided by this section; and
(2) is certified by the examining physician to be physically fit to perform the duties and services to which the individual is to be assigned.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 395 (S.B. 1323), Sec. 3, eff. June 7, 2021.
(c) The department may designate a convenient number of regularly licensed practicing physicians to make physical examinations of individuals to determine if the individuals are physically fit for employment with the department.
(d) A physician designated under Subsection (c) who conducts an examination shall file with the department a complete transcript of the examination on a form furnished by the department. The department shall maintain all reports under this subsection as part of the department's permanent records. A report under this subsection is admissible in evidence before the division of workers' compensation and in an appeal from a final award or ruling of the commissioner of workers' compensation in which the individual named in the examination is a claimant for compensation under this chapter. A report under this subsection that is admitted is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the report.
(1) submits to a physical examination as provided by this section; and
(2) is certified by the examining physician to be physically fit to perform the duties and services to which the individual is to be assigned.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 395 (S.B. 1323), Sec. 3, eff. June 7, 2021.
(c) The department may designate a convenient number of regularly licensed practicing physicians to make physical examinations of individuals to determine if the individuals are physically fit for employment with the department.
(d) A physician designated under Subsection (c) who conducts an examination shall file with the department a complete transcript of the examination on a form furnished by the department. The department shall maintain all reports under this subsection as part of the department's permanent records. A report under this subsection is admissible in evidence before the division of workers' compensation and in an appeal from a final award or ruling of the commissioner of workers' compensation in which the individual named in the examination is a claimant for compensation under this chapter. A report under this subsection that is admitted is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the report.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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