Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sch.2E-sec.15Request for respiratory health surveillance
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sch.2E-sec.15 Request for respiratory health surveillance
A former worker may ask the CEO for respiratory health surveillance of the former worker. However, a former worker may not ask for respiratory health surveillance until at least 5 years after the former worker’s last respiratory health surveillance. Subsection (2) does not apply if— the most recent health surveillance report for the former worker recommends respiratory health surveillance be carried out within a period of less than 5 years; or the former worker gives the CEO a medical certificate signed by a doctor stating the former worker has symptoms that may indicate injury or illness to the former worker’s respiratory system caused by exposure to a hazard at a mine. (sch.2E-sec.15-ssec.1) A former worker may ask the CEO for respiratory health surveillance of the former worker. (sch.2E-sec.15-ssec.2) However, a former worker may not ask for respiratory health surveillance until at least 5 years after the former worker’s last respiratory health surveillance. (sch.2E-sec.15-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if— the most recent health surveillance report for the former worker recommends respiratory health surveillance be carried out within a period of less than 5 years; or the former worker gives the CEO a medical certificate signed by a doctor stating the former worker has symptoms that may indicate injury or illness to the former worker’s respiratory system caused by exposure to a hazard at a mine.
- (a) the most recent health surveillance report for the former worker recommends respiratory health surveillance be carried out within a period of less than 5 years; or
- (b) the former worker gives the CEO a medical certificate signed by a doctor stating the former worker has symptoms that may indicate injury or illness to the former worker’s respiratory system caused by exposure to a hazard at a mine.