A pre-employment physical can be requested to determine a prospective employee’s ability to perform the tasks of the job that they have been provided a conditional offer of employment for. There are different parts of a pre-employment physical that can be tested, depending on the company’s policies and the specific job functions the employee would be performing. An employee cannot legally be ruled out from a job based on a physical or mental disability, and this is not the intention of a pre-employment physical. The doctor performing the physical exam is not responsible for deciding if you pass or fail; they are only recording the results of the test as set out by the employer and passing the results back to the employer. It is up to the employer to determine if the prospective employee will be able to perform the job tasks based on the results of the pre-employment physical. An employer is able to withdraw the conditional offer of employment if they feel that the employee hasn’t met the conditions of the physical exam, provided they are consistent with the necessity of the requirements for the business, or they can show that the health and safety of the employee or others would be at risk.