44Directions to furnish medical reports

44 Directions to furnish medical reports

(1)  [Section 44 Subsection (1) amended by No. 2 of 2012, s. 84, Applied:01 Jan 2013] This section applies if the regulator reasonably suspects that the holder of an SSDS permit or a responsible worker for the permit is not, on health grounds, fit to hold the permit or be a responsible worker for the permit.

(2)  [Section 44 Subsection (2) amended by No. 2 of 2012, s. 84, Applied:01 Jan 2013] The regulator may direct the holder of the SSDS permit or the responsible worker for the permit to –

(a) have a medical examination of a kind specified in the direction; and

(b) [Section 44 Subsection (2) amended by No. 2 of 2012, s. 84, Applied:01 Jan 2013] furnish the regulator with a report of that examination.

(3)  The cost of the medical examination is to be met by the person who is directed to have it.

(4)  [Section 44 Subsection (4) amended by No. 2 of 2012, s. 84, Applied:01 Jan 2013] The regulator must –

(a) keep the medical report in such manner as will ensure its confidentiality; and

(b) not, except as may be reasonably necessary for the purposes of this Act, disclose the contents of the medical report to any person without the consent of the person medically examined; and

(c) return the medical report, or, if it cannot for any reason be returned, destroy it once it is no longer needed for the purposes of this Act.