(a) Initial and annual physical examinations.--
(1) Subject to any governing provision in a collective
bargaining agreement, a fire company may require each
firefighter of the fire company to obtain an initial physical
examination or an annual physical examination as a condition
of employment as a firefighter or as a condition of service
as a volunteer firefighter.
(2) Each initial physical examination and each annual
physical examination must:
(i) Comply with the standards specified in NFPA
1582.
(ii) Be administered by a licensed practitioner.
(b) Confidentiality.--The health records of a firefighter,
which are associated with a physical examination under this
chapter, shall remain private and shall not be shared with the
fire company of the firefighter or any other person except with
the written consent of the firefighter or as required under a
governing collective bargaining agreement.
(c) Levels of participation.--
(1) The licensed practitioner who administers a physical
examination of a firefighter shall issue a report to the fire
company of the firefighter that specifies the level of
participation for which the firefighter is medically
qualified at the time of the physical examination.
(2) Unless otherwise specified in a governing collective
bargaining agreement, or unless otherwise specified in a fire
company policy in the absence of a governing collective
bargaining agreement, the levels of participation shall be as
follows:
(i) Fit for duty, in which case the firefighter is
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