Notice of the Ministry of Health on Issuing the Regulations on the Administration of Occupational Health Examination

Article 1 These Provisions are formulated in accordance with the Administrative Measures for Preventive Health Examination (Ministry DecreeNo.). 4 1) To strengthen the management of occupational health examination and ensure the health of workers. Article 2 These Provisions shall apply to units with occupational harmful factors in People's Republic of China (PRC) (hereinafter referred to as employers) and various medical and health institutions engaged in occupational health examination. Article 3 The term "occupational health examination" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the medical examination of the health status of workers who have occupational hazards or have special requirements for health. Article 4 The occupational health examination shall be led by the Ministry of Health, and the provincial health administrative departments shall implement unified management, and the health administrative departments at all levels shall be responsible for the occupational health examination within their respective jurisdictions. Article 5 The employing unit must establish and improve the management system of occupational health examination, and be responsible for the occupational health examination of the unit. Article 6 Where an employing unit arranges personnel to engage in or come into contact with operations with occupational hazards or special requirements for health, they must undergo occupational health examination before taking up their posts. After passing the examination, they can be arranged to engage in the above related operations. Article 7 The employing unit must regularly carry out occupational health examination for the following personnel:

(a) engaged in or contact with workers with occupational hazards;

(2) Operators with special health requirements;

(3) Persons who have engaged in dust operations.

Workers engaged in hazardous operations must undergo health examination before leaving their posts or retiring. Article 8 The items and inspection cycle of occupational health examination shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of the attached table 1 of these Measures. If there is no provision, it shall be determined by the health administrative departments of the governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Article 9 The employing unit shall not arrange personnel with contraindications to engage in contraindicated operations. If occupational injuries are found, they shall be treated in time or transferred from their original posts. Article 10 Occupational health examination is a policy and technical work, and all medical and health institutions engaged in occupational health examination must be examined and approved by the provincial health administrative department.

Personnel engaged in occupational health examination must be familiar with the national laws, regulations, technical specifications and standards on occupational disease prevention and control. Eleventh health administrative departments at or above the provincial level shall designate occupational health and occupational disease prevention institutions to be responsible for:

(1) Examination, training and technical guidance of technical personnel;

(2) Quality control and spot check;

(3) Statistics, analysis and reporting of data and information;

(four) other matters assigned by the administrative department of health. Article 12 Units engaged in occupational health examination must implement the national statistical report system for occupational health examination, and report to the administrative department of health in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations on the Administration of Statistical Reports on Health Supervision, in addition to issuing medical examination results and handling opinions to the inspected units. Thirteenth workers suspected of suffering from occupational diseases shall be diagnosed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Occupational Disease Diagnosis. Article 14 The employing unit shall establish and improve employee health records, properly keep the information of employees' occupational health examination before employment, after leaving, before retirement and at regular intervals, and inform employees of the examination results in time.