400.17 - EMPLOYEES UNDER CIVIL SERVICE -- QUALIFICATIONS.

        400.17  EMPLOYEES UNDER CIVIL SERVICE --      QUALIFICATIONS.         1.  Except as otherwise provided in section 400.7, a person shall      not be appointed, promoted, or employed in any capacity, including a      new classification, in the fire or police department, or any      department which is governed by the civil service, until the person      has passed a civil service examination as provided in this chapter,      and has been certified to the city council as being eligible for the      appointment.  However, in an emergency in which the peace and order      of the city is threatened by reason of fire, flood, storm, or mob      violence, making additional protection of life and property      necessary, the person having the appointing power may deputize      additional persons, without examination, to act as peace officers      until the emergency has passed.  A person may be appointed to a      position subject to successfully completing a civil service medical      examination.  A person shall not be appointed or employed in any      capacity in the fire or police department if the person is unable to      meet reasonable physical condition training requirements and      reasonable level of experience requirements necessary for the      performance of the position; if the person is a habitual criminal; if      the person is addicted to narcotics or alcohol and has not been      rehabilitated for a period of one year or more, or is not presently      undergoing treatment; or if the person has attempted a deception or      fraud in connection with a civil service examination.         2.  Except as otherwise provided in this section and section      400.7, a person shall not be appointed or employed in any capacity in      any department which is governed by civil service if the person is      unable to meet reasonable physical condition training requirements      and reasonable level of experience requirements necessary for the      performance of the position; if the person is addicted to narcotics      or alcohol and has not been rehabilitated for a period of one year or      more, or is not presently undergoing treatment; or if the person has      attempted a deception or fraud in connection with a civil service      examination.         3.  Employees shall not be required to be a resident of the city      in which they are employed, but they shall become a resident of the      state within two years of such appointment or the date employment      begins and shall remain a resident of the state during the remainder      of employment.  However, cities may set a reasonable maximum distance      outside of the corporate limits of the city, or a reasonable maximum      travel time, that police officers, fire fighters, and other critical      municipal employees may live from their place of employment.  Each      employee residing outside the state on the date of appointment or on      the date employment begins shall take reasonable steps to become a      resident of the state as soon as practicable following appointment or      beginning of employment.         4.  A person shall not be appointed, denied appointment, promoted,      discharged, or demoted to or from a civil service position or in any      other way favored or discriminated against in that position because      of political or religious opinions or affiliations, race, national      origin, sex, or age, or in retaliation for the exercise of any right      enumerated in this chapter.  However, the maximum age for a police      officer or fire fighter covered by this chapter and employed for      police duty or the duty of fighting fires is sixty-five years of age.      
         Section History: Early Form
         [SS15, § 1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5701; C46, 50, 54,      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 365.17; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 400.17] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 187, § 4; 93 Acts, ch 147, § 4, 5; 2009 Acts, ch 111,      §5