sec.49EADelaying part of former worker assessment

### sec.49EA Delaying part of former worker assessment This section applies if an approved supervising doctor considers the risk to a former worker of an adverse health effect from delaying an examination to be lower than the risk to the former worker of an adverse health effect of the examination. An approved supervising doctor may consider the risk to a pregnant former worker of an adverse health effect from delaying a chest x-ray examination to be lower than the risk to the former worker of an adverse health effect of the examination. Despite section 49E (1) , the examination may be carried out up to 1 year after the CEO receives the request. If an examination is delayed under subsection (2) , the most recent former worker assessment is taken to have been carried out at the time of the examinations that were not delayed. In this section— examination means an examination forming part of a former worker assessment. risk , to a former worker, includes a risk to an unborn child of the former worker. s 49EA ins 2020 SL No. 108 s 6 (sec.49EA-ssec.1) This section applies if an approved supervising doctor considers the risk to a former worker of an adverse health effect from delaying an examination to be lower than the risk to the former worker of an adverse health effect of the examination. An approved supervising doctor may consider the risk to a pregnant former worker of an adverse health effect from delaying a chest x-ray examination to be lower than the risk to the former worker of an adverse health effect of the examination. (sec.49EA-ssec.2) Despite section 49E (1) , the examination may be carried out up to 1 year after the CEO receives the request. (sec.49EA-ssec.3) If an examination is delayed under subsection (2) , the most recent former worker assessment is taken to have been carried out at the time of the examinations that were not delayed. (sec.49EA-ssec.4) In this section— examination means an examination forming part of a former worker assessment. risk , to a former worker, includes a risk to an unborn child of the former worker.