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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
417Return to lead risk work after removal
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417 Return to lead risk work after removal
(a) a worker is removed from carrying out lead risk work under
regulation 415; and
(b) the person conducting a business or undertaking at the
workplace who removed the worker expects the worker to
return to carrying out lead risk work at the workplace.
(2) The person conducting the business or undertaking must arrange
for health monitoring under the supervision of a registered medical
practitioner with experience in health monitoring at a frequency
decided by the practitioner to determine whether the worker's blood
lead level is low enough for the worker to return to carrying out lead
risk work.
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(3) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure
that the worker does not return to carrying out lead risk work until:
(a) the worker's blood lead level is less than:
(i) during the transitional period:
males – 40 μg/dL (1.93 μmol/L); or
(B) for females of reproductive capacity –
10 μg/dL (0.48 μmol/L); or
(ii) after the transitional period:
males – 20 μg/dL (0.97 μmol/L); or
(B) for females of reproductive capacity –
5 μg/dL (0.24 μmol/L); and
(b) a registered medical practitioner with experience in health
monitoring is satisfied that the worker is fit to return to carrying
out lead risk work.