reg 17 Health surveillance
(1) The employer shall ensure that there are arrangements whereby workers for whom a regulation 6 assessment reveals a risk to health and safety are kept under relevant health surveillance. (2) The arrangements referred to in paragraph (1) shall be sufficient to enable a worker to undergo, if appropriate, relevant health surveillance before exposure and at regular intervals thereafter; and shall be such that it is directly possible to implement individual and occupational hygiene measures. (3) Having regard to the code of practice in Annex 3 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1889 (M+F) , the employer shall ensure that effective vaccines are made available to any worker not already immune to the biological agent to which that worker is exposed or is likely to be exposed. (4) If a worker is found to be suffering from an infection or illness which is suspected to be the result of exposure— (a) the doctor or body responsible for the health surveillance of workers on the ship shall offer health surveillance to other workers on that ship who have been similarly exposed; and (b) the employer shall undertake a further regulation 6 assessment. (5) The doctor or body responsible for the health surveillance of workers on a ship shall, in any case where health surveillance is carried out— (a) ensure that individual medical records are kept; and (b) propose any protective or preventive measures to be taken in respect of any individual worker. (6) The doctor or body responsible for the health surveillance of workers on a ship shall give appropriate information and advice to workers regarding any health surveillance which they may undergo following the end of exposure. (7) The doctor or body responsible for the health surveillance of workers on a ship shall provide each worker on request with access to the results of health surveillance which concern that worker. (8) The doctor or body responsible for the health surveillance of workers on a ship shall, on request by a worker or employer for a review of the results of health surveillance, undertake that review with a view to determining whether that health surveillance is adequate for the purposes of this regulation. (9) The doctor or body responsible for the health surveillance of workers on a ship shall have regard to the practical recommendations for the health surveillance of workers in Annex 4 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1889 (M+F) . (10) The doctor or body responsible for the health surveillance of workers on a ship shall notify the Secretary of State of all cases of disease or death identified as resulting from exposure.