sec.49DRequest for former worker assessment

### sec.49D Request for former worker assessment The former worker may ask the CEO for an assessment of the health of the worker (a former worker assessment ). However, a former worker may not ask for a former worker assessment until at least 5 years after the former worker’s most recent assessment. Subsection (2) does not apply if— the report for the former worker’s most recent assessment recommends a former worker assessment be carried out within a shorter period; or the former worker gives the CEO a medical certificate signed by a doctor stating the worker has symptoms that may indicate a respiratory disease caused by exposure to coal dust. s 49D ins 2018 SL No. 102 s 21 amd 2020 SL No. 69 s 24 sch 1 (sec.49D-ssec.1) The former worker may ask the CEO for an assessment of the health of the worker (a former worker assessment ). (sec.49D-ssec.2) However, a former worker may not ask for a former worker assessment until at least 5 years after the former worker’s most recent assessment. (sec.49D-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if— the report for the former worker’s most recent assessment recommends a former worker assessment be carried out within a shorter period; or the former worker gives the CEO a medical certificate signed by a doctor stating the worker has symptoms that may indicate a respiratory disease caused by exposure to coal dust. s 49D ins 2018 SL No. 102 s 21 amd 2020 SL No. 69 s 24 sch 1 - (a) the report for the former worker’s most recent assessment recommends a former worker assessment be carried out within a shorter period; or - (b) the former worker gives the CEO a medical certificate signed by a doctor stating the worker has symptoms that may indicate a respiratory disease caused by exposure to coal dust.