RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 21

RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 21

21 .         Medical examinations

        (1)         The Council may require persons exposed or likely to be exposed in the course of their employment to a radiation hazard to undergo medical examinations —

            (a)         before that employment commences; and

            (b)         periodically during that employment; and

            (c)         after that employment ends,

                and at such other times as the Council considers necessary.

        (2)         A person required under subregulation (1) to undergo a medical examination shall comply with that requirement.

        (3)         The employer of a person who undergoes a medical examination in compliance with a requirement under subregulation (1) shall —

            (a)         if that person is a radiation worker, cause the result of the medical examination to be recorded in the personal file relating to that person; and

            (b)         whether or not that person is a radiation worker, notify the Council of the result of the medical examination if the Council so requests.

        [Regulation 21 amended: Gazette 22 Jul 1997 p. 3821.]