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Appointed doctor |
Domain: Health and safety at work => Professional figures and company committees
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| Grammatical category: | Noun phrase |
| Grammar notes: | Countable |
| Definition: | Medical doctor registered with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and employed directly by an organisation or contracted to them. Alternatively, a Medical Inspector working for the Employment Medical Advisory Service of the HSE may be used. Duties of appointed doctor
Appointed doctors shall 1) conduct initial medical assessment of at-risk employees and subsequent medical surveillance at intervals of not more than 12 months and post-exposure, as appropriate; 2) certify whether in his/her professional opinion employees should: be allowed to do certain work; only work under specified conditions; or be suspended from work liable to expose them to health hazards; 3) inspecting the workplace and health record of employees, as appropriate; 4) determining and supervising other health surveillance; 5) maintaining suitable medical and health records. |
| Definition source: | Jones 2003; adapted from Reg. 11 of The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Guidance on Health Surveillance 1989; and Reg. 10 of The Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002 |
| European legislation: | Directives 89/391/EEC, 80/1107/EEC, 78/610/EEC |
| British legislation: | Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Synonyms: | Relevant doctor |
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