Medical Examination of Employees Act (820 ILCS 235/)

Chapter 820 — Employment

Health and Safety

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Sec. 0.01. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Medical Examination of Employees Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Sec. 1.

No employer shall require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination or the cost of furnishing any records of such examination required by the employer as a condition of employment.

(Source: Laws 1951, p. 1308.)

Sec. 2.

The term "employer" as used in this Act shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, and any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air or express company doing business in or operating within the State.

(Source: Laws 1951, p. 1308.)

Sec. 3.

The term "employee" shall mean and include every person who may be permitted, required or directed by any employer, as defined in Section 2, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment.

(Source: Laws 1951, p. 1308.)

Sec. 4.

Whoever violates the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined not more than $100 for each offense.

(Source: P.A. 77-2430.)