PART VI OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS — Health surveillance
43(4)
An employer shall ensure that an occupational health surveillance program in a workplace is communicated to employees of that workplace.
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(1) In accordance with subsection 42 (2), an employer shall assess the need for and extent of health surveillance of the employer’s workers.
43(2)
Based on the results of the assessment under subsection (1), an employer shall establish and maintain a program for the surveillance of the health of workers, which shall be in accordance with the following guidelines
43(a)
the International Code of Ethics for Occupational Health Professionals; and designate a workplace or class of workplaces as requiring an occupational health surveillance program; or an employee who requests information pertaining to the employee’s health surveillance records; and
43(b)
the International Labour Organization’s Technical and Ethical Guidelines for Health Surveillance. make requirements for modifications to an occupational health surveillance program. where a physician is no longer able to keep medical records pertaining to an occupational exposure, the minister shall be notified in advance to make alternate arrangements that are in accordance with the guidelines of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador regarding the retention and storage of medical records.
43(3)
In addition, to subsections (1) and (2), the minister may
43(5)
The minister may require a worker to undergo a medical examination as part of a health surveillance program where it may be necessary for the prevention of occupational disease.
43(6)
A medical examination shall be performed during normal working hours without loss of pay to workers.
43(7)
Where the minister has been advised by a physician that a worker has been adversely affected by a hazardous substance in the workplace and requires temporary removal or workplace accommodation from that workplace or hazard, the minister may require the employer to provide without loss of pay to the worker temporary alternative work for the time period required.
43(8)
An employer shall keep records of a health surveillance program for a period of time specified by the minister, and these records shall be made available to
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