Western Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ( GENERAL ) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 436

436 .         Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided

        (1)         A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that the health monitoring of a worker referred to in regulation 435 includes —

            (a)         consideration of —

                  (i)         the worker’s demographic, medical and occupational history; and

                  (ii)         records of the worker’s personal exposure;

                and

            (b)         a physical examination of the worker.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $7 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.

        (2)         Subregulation (1) applies unless another type of health monitoring is recommended by a registered medical practitioner.