Medical Examinations and Inquiries During Employment

Both federal and state law restrict an employer’s ability to make disability-related inquires or require medical examinations during employment.

During employment, you can’t:¹

• Require any medical or psychological examination of an employee.
• Make any medical or psychological inquiry of an employee.
• Make any inquiry as to whether an employee has a mental disability, physical disability or medical condition.
• Make any inquiry about the nature or severity of a physical disability, mental disability