Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 16F

Disclosure of medical information

(1) At the request of an authorized member of the executive of any trade union
which in the opinion of the Commissioner for Labour, or any officer authorized
in writing by him, represents any person under the age of 21 years who is
employed to work underground in any industrial undertaking to which this Part
applies, the Commissioner for Labour or the authorized officer shall supply to
such member the following information in respect of the person so employed-

   (a)  his name;

   (b)  his identity card number, if any;

   (c)  his date of birth;

   (d)  the date which, in the latest medical examination report received by
        the senior occupational health officer under regulation 16C(4) in
        respect of the person, is specified as the date on which he first
        commenced to work underground in the industrial undertaking or as the
        proposed date on which he was to first commence so to work; and (L.N.
        248 of 1982)

   (e)  the nature of his occupation, and shall produce for inspection to such
        member the latest certificate issued under regulation 16C(4) in
        respect of the person so employed.

(2) No-

   (a)  proprietor of an industrial undertaking to which this Part applies; or

   (b)  public officer, shall disclose to any person any medical information
        which is obtained on the examination of a person in accordance with
        regulation 16C(3), unless-

        (i)    the person to whom the information relates consents to the
               disclosure;

        (ii)   the information is disclosed to a public officer acting in the
               course of his duty; or

        (iii)  the disclosure of the information is permitted or required
               under any enactment. (L.N. 132 of 1969)