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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 202

Requirements for medical examinations

    (1)     An employer must provide a registered medical practitioner who is to conduct a medical examination of a person required by this Part with the following details—

        (a)     the name and address of the employer;

        (b)     the name and date of birth of the person to be examined;

        (c)     the lead process the person is engaged in;

        (d)     the period the person has been engaged in that process.

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (2)     The employer must ensure that the registered medical practitioner provides the employer with a report setting out details of—

        (a)     the dates of examinations and blood sampling; and

        (b)     the results of the biological monitoring and any other tests; and

        (c)     the name of any pathology service used     .

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (3)     The employer must ensure that the registered medical practitioner provides the employer with details of any opinion formed by the practitioner after the medical examination as to whether the person examined—

        (a)     is suitable on medical grounds to perform lead-risk work; or

        (b)     has excessive lead absorption and must not perform lead-risk work; or

        (c)     shows symptoms or signs of clinical lead poisoning and is unfit to work; or

        (d)     is fit to return to lead-risk work; or

        (e)     is fit to continue performing lead-risk work.

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.



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