Hong Kong Regulations

RADIATION (CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 13

Conditions for first employment

(1) No proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected 
industrial undertaking shall employ therein any person in any work or process
involving the handling or transport of any unsealed radioactive  substance
who-

   (a)  is under the age of 18 years; or

   (b)  has not, within the period of 4 months immediately preceding his
        first employment by such proprietor in such work or process, undergone
        a medical examination by the panel, including blood examination and
        the taking of relevant medical and occupational histories, and has
        been certified fit for such employment.

(2) Any person may apply in writing to the Board for medical examination by
the panel for the purpose of complying with the requirements of subregulation
(1)(b) and, upon receipt of the application, the Board shall direct the panel
to carry out, free of charge, such examination as soon as may be, but in any
event not exceeding 14 days, after receipt of the application and shall within
10 days after the examination supply to the applicant 2 copies of a
certificate certifying the date upon which the examination took place and
whether the applicant was found to be fit or unfit, as the case may be, for
employment in radiation work.

(3) For the purpose of this regulation the expression "first employment"
(首次受僱) includes re-employment in any work or process involving the
handling of any radioactive substance following a cessation of such employment
for any period exceeding 14 months.

(4) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected 
industrial undertaking who contravenes any of the provisions of subregulation
(1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of
$15000. (L.N. 226 of 1990) (L.N. 98 of 1970)

"first employment" (首次受僱)