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196Health monitoring before first starting lead-risk work
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196 Health monitoring before first starting lead-risk work
(1) An employer must arrange for a medical examination for an employee and biological monitoring of an employee before the employee first starts lead-risk work.
(2) An employer must arrange for the biological monitoring of an employee to be conducted within one month after the employee starts lead-risk work.
(3) In this regulation the duties of an employer in relation to medical examination and biological monitoring extend to an independent contractor.