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ture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 is being carried out, of the dangers to health involved in such employment and of the need for regular medical examinations and attention to safe working practices; and (c) ensure that all controlled substances within the industrial undertaking (except when in the course of manufacture, formation or use) are kept in suitable closed receptacles legibly marked with the name of the substance it contains and also with the words "CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCE" and the characters "VA".
7. (1) The proprietor of every industrial undertaking shall appoint a medical practitioner who is conversant with the provisions of these regulations and the health hazards associated with prohibited and controlled substances, to carry out medical examinations of persons employed therein, as required by regulation 8.
(2) A proprietor who has appointed a medical practitioner under paragraph (1) shall notify the Commissioner, in writing, within 14 days after such appointment, of the name and address of the appointed medical practitioner.
8. (1) Every person who is or has been employed in any industrial undertaking in any manufacture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 shall be medically examined by the appointed medical practitioner within one month of being first so employed and be so examined again at intervals of not more than 6 months so long as his employment in the industrial undertaking continues:
Provided that in the case of a person so employed at the date of the coming into operation of these regulations, his first medical examination under this regulation shall be within one month of that date.
(2) Every medical examination under paragraph (1) shall include exfoliative cytology of the urine by a laboratory of the Health Institute of Pathology of the Medical and Health Department.
(3) Every person who is or has been employed in an industrial undertaking in any manufacture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 shall submit himself for medical examination by the appointed medical practitioner as required under this regulation and provide samples of urine as necessary so that the requirements of paragraph (2) may be complied with.
(4) For the purpose of this regulation the expression "first so employed" includes re-employment in any industrial undertaking to which this Part applies following a cessation of such employment for any period exceeding 6 months.
(5) The cost of medical examinations required by this regulation shall be borne by the proprietor of the industrial undertaking concerned.
[Subsidiary]
Appointment of medical practitioner.
Medical examinations.
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1986 Ed.)
Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Carcinogenic Substances) Regulations
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AA 5
ture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 is being carried out, of the dangers to health involved in such employment and of the need for regular medical examina- tions and attention to safe working practices; and (c) ensure that all controlled substances within the industrial undertaking (except when in the course of manufacture, formation or use) are kept in suitable closed receptacles legibly marked with the name of the substance it con- tains and also with the words "CARCINOGENIC SUB- STANCE" and the characters "VA”.
7. (1) The proprietor of every industrial undertaking shall appoint a medical practitioner who is conversant with the provisions of these regulations and the health hazards associated with pro- hibited and controlled substances, to carry out medical examina- tions of persons employed therein, as required by regulation 8.
(2) A proprietor who has appointed a medical practitioner under paragraph (1) shall notify the Commissioner, in writing, within 14 days after such appointment, of the name and address of the appointed medical practitioner.
8. (1) Every person who is or has been employed in any industrial undertaking in any manufacture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 shall be medically examined by the appointed medical practitioner within one month of being first so employed and be so examined again at intervals of not more than 6 months so long as his employment in the industrial undertaking continues:
Provided that in the case of a person so employed at the date of the coming into operation of these regulations, his first medical examination under this regulation shall be within one month of that date.
(2) Every medical examination under paragraph (1) shall include exfoliative cytology of the urine by a laboratory of the
ealth Institute of Pathology of the Medical and Health Department.
Depare.
(3) Every person who is or has been employed in an industrial undertaking in any manufacture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 shall submit himself for medical examination by the appointed medical practitioner as required under this regulation and provide samples of urine as necessary so that the requirements of paragraph (2) may be complied with.
(4) For the purpose of this regulation the expression "first so employed" includes re-employment in any industrial undertaking to which this Part applies following a cessation of such employment for any period exceeding 6 months.
(5) The cost of medical examinations required by this regula- tion shall be borne by the proprietor of the industrial undertaking concerned.
[Subsidiary]
Appointment of medical practitioner.
Medical examinations.
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