Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025
440Duty to obtain health monitoring report
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440 Duty to obtain health monitoring report
440 Duty to obtain health monitoring report
(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking who commissioned health monitoring referred to in section 435 must take all reasonable steps to obtain a health monitoring report from the registered medical practitioner who carried out or supervised the monitoring as soon as practicable after the monitoring is carried out in relation to a worker.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.
(2) The health monitoring report must include the following—
(a) the name and date of birth of the worker,
(b) the name and registration number of the registered medical practitioner,
(c) the name and address of the person conducting the business or undertaking who commissioned the health monitoring,
(d) the date of the health monitoring,
(e) any advice that the test results indicate the worker may have contracted a disease, injury or illness as a result of carrying out the work that triggered the requirement for health monitoring,
(f) any recommendation that the person conducting the business or undertaking take remedial measures, including whether the worker can continue to carry out the type of work that triggered the requirement for health monitoring,
(g) whether medical counselling is required for the worker in relation to the work that triggered the requirement for health monitoring.