S.L. 646.17 Art. 14Health surveillance.

(1)(a) Where the results of the assessment referred to in regulation 3 reveal a risk to health or safety, an employer shall make arrangements so that each of the workers involved shall be able to undergo relevant health surveillance:

(i) prior to exposure;

(ii) at regular intervals thereafter.

(b) Those arrangements shall be such that it is directly possible to implement individual and occupational hygiene measures.

(2) (a) The assessment referred to in regulation 3 should identify those workers for whom special protective measures may be required.

(b) When necessary, effective vaccines should be made available for those workers who are not already immune to the biological agent to which they are exposed or are likely to be exposed.

(c) When employers make vaccines available, they should take account of the recommended code of practice set out in Schedule VII.

(d) If a worker is found to be suffering from an infection and, or illness which is suspected to be the result of exposure, the doctor or the employer shall offer such surveillance to other workers who have been similarly exposed.

(e) In that event, a re-assessment of the risk of exposure shall be carried out in accordance with regulation 3.

(3) (a) In cases where health surveillance is carried out, an individual medical record shall be kept for at least ten years following the end of exposure.

(b) In the special cases referred to in regulation 11(2)(a) to (e), an individual medical record shall be kept for an appropriately longer time up to forty years following the last known exposure.

(4) The doctor or the Authority may propose any protective or preventive measures to be taken in respect of any individual worker.

(5) Information and advice must be given to workers regarding any health surveillance, which they may undergo following the end of exposure.

(6) Saving any other applicable laws and, or regulations:

(a) workers shall have access to the results of the health surveillance which concern them, and

(b) the workers concerned or the employer may request a review of the results of the health surveillance.

(7) Practical recommendations for the health surveillance of workers are given in Schedule IV.

(8) All cases of diseases or death identified in accordance with applicable laws and, or regulations as resulting from occupational exposure to biological agents shall be notified to the Authority.