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KRS 207.140

Preemployment inquiry -- Basis for rejection of applicant for employment or housing

Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Amended 1994 Ky

(1) Nothing contained in KRS 207.130 to 207.240 shall be construed to prevent an employer from making any preemployment inquiry about the existence of an applicant's disability and about the extent to which that disability has been overcome by treatment, medication, appliances, or other rehabilitation.

(2) Nothing contained in KRS 207.130 to 207.240 shall be construed to prohibit the rejection of an applicant for employment or housing on the basis of:

(a) A physical disability which interferes with a person's ability to adequately perform assigned job duties;

(b) Any disability which is not demonstrable by medically accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic techniques, including, but not limited to, alcoholism, drug addiction, and obesity; or (c) Any communicable disease, either carried by, or afflicting the applicant.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.