Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 24

Appointment of medical practitioners by contractors

PART VI

MEDICAL SUPERVISION

(1) Subject to regulation 25, where any construction work in compressed air is
carried out, the contractor shall appoint a medical practitioner to supervise
all medical matters which may arise in connexion with the construction work.

(2) The contractor shall notify the Commissioner in writing of the name and
address of any medical practitioner appointed under paragraph (1).

(3) An appointed medical practitioner shall be-

   (a)  conversant with the problems associated with work in compressed  air
        and the medical aspects of such work;

   (b)  conversant with the provisions of these regulations;

   (c)  medically fit;

   (d)  willing to go into compressed air at any working pressure; and

   (e)  on call at all times when construction work in compressed air is in
        progress.

(4) The duties of an appointed medical practitioner shall be-

   (a)  to examine medically persons for fitness for employment in
        compressed air;

   (b)  to supervise medical lock attendants;

   (c)  to treat decompression sickness and other conditions; and

   (d)  to supervise the keeping of-

        (i)    the compressed air workers' medical cards in Form 3 of the
               Fourth Schedule;

        (ii)   the compressed air workers' decompression sickness case sheets
               in Form 4 of the Fourth Schedule; and

        (iii)  the compressed air workers' individual records in Form 5 of the
               Fourth Schedule.