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Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011
436Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided
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436 Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided
A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that the health monitoring of a worker referred to in regulation 435 includes:
(a) consideration of:
(i) the worker’s demographic, medical and occupational history; and
(ii) records of the worker’s personal exposure; and
(b) a physical examination of the worker, unless another type of health monitoring is recommended by a registered medical practitioner.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.