Frequency of Exams and Consultations - Injured Employees

There are specific requirements for exams and consultations of employees who have been injured. These individuals are specifically those who:

• Have been injured
• Received a health impairment
• Developed signs or symptoms which may have resulted from exposure to hazardous substances (from an emergency incident)
• Were exposed during an emergency incident to hazardous substances - at concentrations above the permissible exposure limits or the published exposure levels - without the necessary personal protective equipment being used

For these individuals, employers must ensure exams and consultations take place "as soon as possible following the emergency incident or development of signs or symptoms" and also "at additional times, if the examining physician determines that follow-up examinations or consultations are medically necessary."

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