Health monitoring: Guide for persons conducting a business or undertaking
Safe Work Australia
Health monitoring is the monitoring of a worker to identify changes in their health status because of exposure to certain substances. It involves a health monitoring doctor examining and monitoring the health of your workers to see if the exposure to hazardous chemicals at work is affecting their health.
You must ensure that health monitoring is carried out or supervised by an appropriate health monitoring doctor (see the Health monitoring guide for registered medical practitioners for more information about what experience your health monitoring doctor should have). If your workers have health monitoring regularly it is called a ‘health monitoring program’.
Contents:
Introduction
How To Use This Guide
What Is Health Monitoring?
When Must You Monitor The Health Of Your Workers?
Your Duty To Provide Health Monitoring
The Health Monitoring Process
Consulting Your Workers
Engaging A Registered Medical Practitioner
Organising Health Monitoring
Who Pays For Health Monitoring?
How To Test For Exposure Or Health Effects
Organising Health Monitoring Appointments
Health Monitoring Reports
Actioning A Health Monitoring Report
Record Keeping For Health Monitoring Reports
Further Information
Appendix A: Health Monitoring For Hazardous Chemicals
Appendix B: Checklist For Providing Health Monitoring
