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B-208855 1 (1983-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkzm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IoIw41 -. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, O.C. 2054U 4i~iflO 4137- FILE: B-208855 DATE: April 5, 1983 MATTER OF: Travel Expenses Arising from Employee's Fitness for Duty Examination DIGEST: An employee, who is required to undergo fitness for duty examination as a condi- tion of continued employment, may choose to be examined either by a United States medical officer or by a private physician of his choice. The employee is entitled to reasonable travel expenses in connec- tion with such an examination, whether he is traveling to a Federal medical facility or to a private physician. The agency may use its discretion to establish reasonable limitations on the distance traveled for which an employee may be reimbursed. The issue in this decision is whether travel expenses are payable to a Government employee who chooses to have a fitness for duty medical examination performed by a private physician located some distance from his official duty station, despite the availability of a United States medical officer at his station. We hold that a Federal employee who travels to a place within a reasonable distance from his duty station in order to have a fitness for duty examination performed by a private physician is entitled to reimbursement for his resulting travel expenses. This decision is in response to a request from Mr. Frank X. Hamel, a civilian personnel officer with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in Tracy, California. According to the submission, Federal agency officials may require an employee to submit to an appropriate fitness for duty examination when questions arise concerning his physi- cal or mental ability to continue work in his assigned posi- tion. Where the agency prescribes that an employee submit to such an examination, it must give that employee the option of being examined either at a Government facility, if one is reasonably available, or by a private physician of the employee's own choosing. A question has now arisen concerning the use of Apxan- priated funds to pay the travel expenses, including mileage

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