Evaluation of Fitness for Duty. If the Hospital has a good faith reason to believe 25 that a nurse is mentally or physical impaired to the extent such impairment would 26 reasonably impact the nurse’s ability to remain fit for duty to provide direct patient care, 27 the Hospital will first meet with such nurse to outline the reasons for its concern. A 28 union representative may be present if requested by the nurse. The meeting shall occur 29 within ten (10) calendar days from the date upon which the Hospital becomes aware of 30 such information. If the nurse is unavailable to meet with the Hospital during such ten 31 (10) calendar day period of time because of permissible time off, the Hospital shall meet 32 with the nurse as soon as reasonably practicable. If, as a result of such meeting, the 33 Hospital believes there is a good faith question regarding the nurse’s ability to provide 34 safe and effective direct patient care and/or that the nurse may be unfit for duty, the 1 Hospital may require such nurse to undergo a fitness for duty evaluation by a licensed 2 medical provider, selected from a list to be mutually agreed upon by the parties. If a 3 fitness for duty evaluation is required, the nurse shall be removed from the schedule 4 and be placed on paid administrative leave for a period of up to fourteen (14) 5 consecutive calendar days from the date the Hospital determines that a fitness for duty 6 evaluation is required. This fourteen (14) calendar day period may be extended if a 7 provider selected from the list described above is unavailable to conduct the required 8 fitness for duty evaluation within the initial fourteen (14) calendar day period. The nurse 9 shall fully cooperate with the requested fitness for duty evaluation including traveling to 10 the location where the fitness for duty evaluation will occur and doing so within the 11 fourteen (14) calendar day period described above. Failure to cooperate with this 12 process may result in the nurse being placed on unpaid administrative leave as 13 described in Section 14.4 of this Article.
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
