Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sch.2E-sec.17Delaying respiratory health examination
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sch.2E-sec.17 Delaying respiratory health examination
This section applies if an appropriate doctor considers the risk to a former worker of an adverse health effect from delaying a respiratory health examination to be lower than the risk to the former worker of an adverse health effect of the examination. An appropriate 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 16 , the respiratory health examination may be carried out up to 1 year after the CEO receives the request. 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 former worker, includes a risk to an unborn child of the former worker. (sch.2E-sec.17-ssec.1) This section applies if an appropriate doctor considers the risk to a former worker of an adverse health effect from delaying a respiratory health examination to be lower than the risk to the former worker of an adverse health effect of the examination. An appropriate 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. (sch.2E-sec.17-ssec.2) Despite section 16 , the respiratory health examination may be carried out up to 1 year after the CEO receives the request. (sch.2E-sec.17-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.17-ssec.4) In this section— risk , to a former worker, includes a risk to an unborn child of the former worker.