If an employee with a disability-related occupational injury requests a reasonable accommodation, may the employer ask for documentation of his/her disability?

If an employee with a disability-related occupational injury requests a reasonable accommodation, may the employer ask for documentation of his/her disability? Yes. If an employee with a disability-related occupational injury requests reasonable accommodation and the need for accommodation is not obvious, the employer may require reasonable documentation of the employee's entitlement to reasonable accommodation. While the employer may require documentation showing that the employee has a covered disability and stating his/her functional limitations, it is not entitled to medical records that are unnecessary to the request for reasonable accommodation.