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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-2-42. State department or agency to furnish standards of fitness of positions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-2-42. State department or agency to furnish standards of fitness of positions.

The state department or agency shall furnish to the applicant the standards of medical and physical fitness for the position for which applied in such manner as to enable a medical practitioner to ascertain the physical capacity of the applicant to fulfill the requirements of employment.

## History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 808, § 3; Ga. L. 1975, p. 76, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1094, § 3.