Pilots are usually required to take psychological exams. Police officers are often required to have physicals. Truck drivers may have to take vision tests. Peace Corp volunteers usually must undergo physical exams as well. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, however, employers can't require just one worker to get a medical exam without requiring all other employees to do so as well.
Employment discrimination is hard to prove.
In 1999, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 77,444 complaints of employment discrimination, but dismissed 75 percent of them 58,174 claims as not having enough evidence. Privacy advocates say that without laws to protect a patient's privacy, patients will suffer the most. And the quality of care is going to be devastated. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 gave Congress until September 1999 to pass privacy regulations. When it failed to do so, the Department of Health and Human Services drafted its own.