N.H. Admin. Code § Pol 404.07

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Pol 404.07 - On-Going Physical Fitness Testing

The following shall apply to on-going physical fitness testing:

(a) As a condition of continued certification and employment, a police, corrections or probation/parole officer shall successfully pass the physical fitness performance test specified as the entry standards for full-time police officers including the 1 1/2 mile run, pushups and situps performed at the 35^th percentile, normed for age and gender as published by the Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research once every 3 years, unless:

(1) On January 1, 2001 the officer is certified as a police, state corrections or probation/parole officer in the State of New Hampshire or any political subdivision;

(2) The officer was employed as a police, state corrections or probation/parole officer by the State of New Hampshire or any political subdivision pending certification prior to January 1, 2001 and remained employed on January 1, 2001 in the same position; or

(3) The person was previously certified in New Hampshire and he or she retains new employment as a police, state corrections or probation/parole officer in the State of New Hampshire or any political subdivisions and the lapse in police, corrections or probation/parole employment was less than 3 years.

(b) The cost of the testing shall be the responsibility of the officer, unless the testing is paid for by the employer or another.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit individual hiring authorities from requiring physical fitness programs or tests that are more stringent or frequent than those required by this rule.

(d) No officer who has failed to obtain the medical clearance required in Pol 404.06 shall be allowed to participate in the physical fitness performance testing required by this rule.

(e) Any officer who is unable to pass the physical fitness performance test shall have his/her certification placed in probationary status for a period of up to 2 years, during which time the officer may submit documentation of medical clearance for testing and of a passed test at any time. If the officer remains unable to meet the standards after the 2 year period, the council shall suspend the officer's certification until such time as the officer is able to obtain the medical clearance and pass the physical fitness performance test conducted by police standards and training staff.

(f) For the purpose of Pol 404.06 and 404.07, "once every 3 years" means that the physical fitness performance test shall be successfully completed during the third year from the last successful test year and shall be completed by December 31st of that year.

(g) At the request of a hiring authority, or in any case where the council has reasonable grounds to doubt that a physical fitness performance test was conducted in accordance with the protocol adopted by the council, the council shall require an officer to submit to a physical fitness performance test conducted by police standards and training staff to satisfy the requirements of this section.

N.H. Admin. Code § Pol 404.07

#7302, eff 6-8-00; ss by #9168, INTERIM, eff 6-3-08, EXPIRES: 11-30-08; ss by #9224, eff 8-1-08; ss by #10353, eff 6-4-13

Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 49, Filed December 8, 2016, Proposed by #12041, Effective 11/16/2016, Expires 11/16/2026.