Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 16D

Exemption from medical examination where employee examined within previous 12 months

(1) Any person-

   (a)  who has attained the age of 21 years,

   (b)  who is or has at any time been employed to work underground in an
        industrial undertaking to which this Part applies,

   (c)  who has been examined medically in accordance with regulation 16C(3)
        for the purposes of such employment; and

   (d)  in respect of whom the senior occupational health officer has, as a
        result of the medical examination, issued a certificate of fitness
        under regulation 16C(4), (L.N. 248 of 1982) may, at any time within 12
        months after the date of the medical examination-

        (i)    be re-employed to work underground in the industrial
               undertaking; or

        (ii)   be employed, subject to paragraph (2), to work underground in
               any other industrial undertaking to which this Part applies,
               notwithstanding that in respect of his re-employment in such
               industrial undertaking, or his employment in such other
               industrial undertaking, the person has not been examined
               medically as required under regulation 16C(1)(a).

(2) Before employing any person under paragraph (1)(ii), the proprietor of the
industrial undertaking shall obtain from the senior occupational health
officer a copy of the certificate issued under regulation 16C(4) in respect of
the medical examination. (L.N. 248 of 1982) (L.N. 132 of 1969)