O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 30-1-2 (2019)

Public employment of physically disabled persons

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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It is the policy of this state that blind, visually disabled, deaf, and otherwise physically disabled persons shall be employed in the service of the state or political subdivisions of the state, in the public schools, and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as able-bodied persons, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved.

History

(Ga. L. 1975, p. 1639, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, § 14.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Physical examination of state employees, § 45-2-40 et seq.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Cruet v. Emory Univ., 85 F. Supp. 2d 1353 (N.D. Ga. 2000). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 44, 52, 56. 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 145 et seq. C.J.S. - 13 C.J.S., Carriers, § 80. 14A

C.J.S., Civil Rights, § 285 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 21 et seq. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 296 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2000–2000 · leading case: Cruet v. Emory Univ., 85 F. Supp. 2d 1353 (N.D. Ga. 2000).
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Cruet v. Emory Univ., 85 F. Supp. 2d 1353 (N.D. Ga. 2000). · cites it 15× “, and O.C.G.A. § 30-1-2. Now the Court considers Emory’s Motion to Dismiss [4-1] Cruet’s state law claims.”
Lavia v. Pennsylvania, Dep't of Corr., 224 F.3d 190 (3rd Cir. 2000). “413-08; Ga.Code Ann. § 30-1-2; Haw. Rev.Stat. § 347-20; Idaho Code § 56-707 ; 775 Ill.”
Stevens v. Illinois Dep't of Transp., 210 F.3d 732 (7th Cir. 2000). “413-08; Ga.Code Ann. § 30-1-2; Haw. Rev. Stat. § 347-20 ; Idaho Code § 56-707 ; 775 Ill.”
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