The following paragraphs are quotes taken from OffShoreDiversforum.com. Some are excerpts from longer threads. These are not the words of Mike Carson and belong to the poster signified by their user name. The quotes are posted verbatim and have not been edited, or changed in anyway. These quotes address safety concerns within the commercial diving industry.

Posted by DiveDiva on 2/27/2009, 12:13:36

U.S. law mandates that medical examinations be conducted only after an offer of employment is made to an applicant and that employers not reject candidates due to concerns about insignificant or uncertain future risks or groundless concerns about ability to perform essential job functions. Employers are required to maintain the confidentiality of medical information.

Physicians who conduct these evaluations can create potential liability for employers and themselves by providing medical advice that does not consider the relevant aspects of law.

Many of the cases brought in relation to pre-employment medical evaluations are based on the theory that the employer wrongly regarded an applicant as disabled and incapable of performing the job or erroneously considered the candidate to be high risk for future injury.