Medical Information From a Third Party

Under the ADA, you can make disability-related inquiries or require a medical examination if you learn about an employee’s or applicant’s medical condition from another person. The information must be reliable, and it must create a reasonable belief that the medical condition will impair the employee as far as ability to perform essential job functions or posing a direct threat to others’ safety.

In assessing if information you learned from another person justifies asking disability-related questions or requiring a medical examination, consider the following:

• The relationship of the employee to the person who is providing the information.