sch.2E-sec.12Delaying respiratory health examination

sch.2E-sec.12 Delaying respiratory health examination

This section applies if an appropriate doctor considers the risk to any person from delaying a respiratory health examination to be lower than the risk to the person undergoing the examination of an adverse health effect of the examination. An appropriate doctor may consider the risk to a pregnant worker from delaying a chest x-ray examination to be lower than the risk to the worker of an adverse health effect of the examination. Despite sections 9 to 11 , the respiratory health examination may be carried out up to 1 year after the period provided for in those provisions. If a respiratory health examination is delayed under subsection (2) , the last respiratory health surveillance is taken to have been carried out at the time of the respiratory health examinations that were not delayed. In this section— risk , to a person, includes a risk to an unborn child of the person. (sch.2E-sec.12-ssec.1) This section applies if an appropriate doctor considers the risk to any person from delaying a respiratory health examination to be lower than the risk to the person undergoing the examination of an adverse health effect of the examination. An appropriate doctor may consider the risk to a pregnant worker from delaying a chest x-ray examination to be lower than the risk to the worker of an adverse health effect of the examination. (sch.2E-sec.12-ssec.2) Despite sections 9 to 11 , the respiratory health examination may be carried out up to 1 year after the period provided for in those provisions. (sch.2E-sec.12-ssec.3) If a respiratory health examination is delayed under subsection (2) , the last respiratory health surveillance is taken to have been carried out at the time of the respiratory health examinations that were not delayed. (sch.2E-sec.12-ssec.4) In this section— risk , to a person, includes a risk to an unborn child of the person.