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O.C.G.A. § 30-1-2 — Public employment of physically disabled persons | Georgia Code

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TITLE 30 HANDICAPPED PERSONS

Section 1. General Provisions, 30-1-1 through 30-1-6.

30-1-2. Public employment of physically disabled persons.

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.

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

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.

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