Page 19 - Hiring Best Practices

Employers are permitted to ask applicants about their ability to
perform job functions, but they may not ask about disabilities before
a job offer has been made.

Medical examinations are procedures or tests that seek in-formation
about the existence, nature, or severity of an individual’s physical or

Preemployment mental impairment or that seek information regarding an individual’s
physical or psychological health.

Testing Under Physical agility and physical fitness tests, in which applicants

ADA demonstrate their ability to perform actual or simulated job-related
tasks, are not medical examinations.

Psychological examinations such as aptitude tests, personality tests,
honesty tests, and IQ tests are intended to measure applicants’
capacity and propensity to perform a job successfully and are not
considered to be medical examinations.