PD 442 Article 161

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Article 161

ART. 161. Research. — It shall be the responsibility of the Department of Labor to conduct continuing studies and research to develop innovative methods, techniques and approaches for dealing with occupational safely and health problems; to discover latent diseases by establishing causal connections between diseases and work in environmental conditions; and to develop medical criteria which will assure insofar as practicable that no employee will suffer impairment or diminution in health, functional capacity, or life expectancy as a result of his work and working conditions.

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