Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 49BA

49BA Delaying part of health assessment or exit assessment

(1) This section applies if an appointed medical adviser considers the risk to any person from delaying an examination to be lower than the risk to the person undergoing the examination of an adverse health effect of the examination.

Example—

An appointed medical adviser may consider the risk to a pregnant coal mine worker from delaying a chest x-ray examination to be lower than the risk to the worker of an adverse health effect of the examination.

(2) Despite sections 46 (2) and 49A (3) (a) , the examination may be carried out up to 1 year after the period provided for in those provisions.

(3) If an examination is delayed under subsection (2) , the last health assessment or exit assessment is taken to have been carried out at the time of the examinations that were not delayed.

(4) In this section—

"examination" means an examination forming part of a health assessment or exit assessment.

"risk" , to a person, includes a risk to an unborn child of the person.