Evaluation of Fitness for Duty. If the Hospital has a good faith reason to 5 believe that a nurse is mentally or physical impaired to the extent such impairment 6 would reasonably impact the nurse’s ability to remain fit for duty to provide direct patient 7 care, the Hospital will first meet with such nurse to outline the reasons for its concern. A 8 union representative may be present if requested by the nurse. The meeting shall occur 9 within ten (10) calendar days from the date upon which the Hospital becomes aware of 10 such information. If the nurse is unavailable to meet with the Hospital during such ten 11 (10) calendar day period of time because of permissible time off, the Hospital shall meet 12 with the nurse as soon as reasonably practicable. If, as a result of such meeting, the 13 Hospital believes there is a good faith question regarding the nurse’s ability to provide 14 safe and effective direct patient care and/or that the nurse may be unfit for duty, the 15 Hospital may require such nurse to undergo a fitness for duty evaluation by a licensed 16 medical provider, selected from a list to be mutually agreed upon by the parties. If a 17 fitness for duty evaluation is required, the nurse shall be removed from the schedule 18 and be placed on paid administrative leave for a period of up to fourteen (14) 19 consecutive calendar days from the date the Hospital determines that a fitness for duty 20 evaluation is required. This fourteen (14) calendar day period may be extended if a 21 provider selected from the list described above is unavailable to conduct the required 22 fitness for duty evaluation within the initial fourteen (14) calendar day period. The nurse 23 shall fully cooperate with the requested fitness for duty evaluation including traveling to 24 the location where the fitness for duty evaluation will occur and doing so within the 25 fourteen (14) calendar day period described above. Failure to cooperate with this 26 process may result in the nurse being placed on unpaid administrative leave as 27 described in Section 4 of this Article. 29 The nurse shall be paid for all travel expenses and will be considered on paid time while 30 traveling to and from such evaluation and during the time spent in the evaluation 31 process itself.
33 a. If the fitness for duty evaluation in the opinion of the medical evaluator 34 confirms a present physical or mental condition that reasonably prevents the nurse from 1 providing safe and effective direct patient care or indicates the nu...
Evaluation of Fitness for Duty. If the Hospital has a good faith reason to believe that a nurse is mentally or physical impaired to the extent such impairment would reasonably impact the nurse’s ability to remain fit for duty to provide direct patient care, the Hospital will first meet with such nurse to outline the reasons for its concern. A union representative may be present if requested by the nurse. The meeting shall occur within ten (10) calendar days from the date upon which the Hospital becomes aware of such information. If the nurse is unavailable to meet with the Hospital during such ten
Evaluation of Fitness for Duty. If the Hospital has a good faith and reasonable basis to believe that a nurse is mentally or physical impaired to the extent such impairment would reasonably impact the nurse’s ability to remain fit for duty to provide direct patient care, the Hospital will first meet with such nurse to outline the reasons for its concern. The hospital shall notify the nurse of the reason for the meeting and encourage that the nurse request Association representation. The meeting shall occur within ten (10) calendar days from the date upon which the Hospital becomes aware of such information. If the nurse is unavailable to meet with the Hospital during such ten (10) calendar day period of time because of permissible time off, the Hospital shall meet with the nurse as soon as reasonably practicable. If, as a result of such meeting, the Hospital believes there is a good faith question regarding the nurse’s ability to provide safe and effective direct patient care and/or that the nurse may be unfit for duty, the Hospital may require such nurse to undergo a fitness for duty evaluation by a licensed medical provider, selected from a list to be mutually agreed upon by the parties. If a fitness for duty evaluation is required, the nurse shall be removed from the schedule and be placed on paid administrative leave for a period of up to fourteen
