Medical surveillance of exposed workers
Article 45
1. Member States shall ensure that the medical surveillance of exposed workers is based on the principles that govern occupational medicine generally. 2. The medical surveillance of category A workers shall be undertaken by the occupational health service. This medical surveillance shall allow for the state of health of workers under surveillance to be ascertained as regards their fitness for the tasks assigned to them. To this end, the occupational health service shall have access to any relevant information they require, including the environmental conditions in the working premises. 3. Medical surveillance shall include: (a) a medical examination prior to employment or classification as a category A worker to determine the worker's fitness for a post as a category A worker for which the worker is being considered; (b) periodic reviews of health at least once a year, in order to determine whether the category A workers remain fit to perform their duties. The nature of these reviews, which can be performed as many times as the occupational health service considers necessary, shall depend on the type of work and on the individual worker's state of health. 4. The occupational health service may indicate the need for medical surveillance to continue after cessation of work for as long as they consider it necessary to safeguard the health of the person concerned.