o any advice that test results indicate the worker may have contracted an injury , illness or disease as a result of carrying out the work using , handling , generating or storing engineered stone , or o any recommendation that a PCBU takes remedial measures , including whether the worker can continue to carry out the work with engineered stone .
Workers should provide their personal general practitioner ( GP ) with a copy of the health monitoring report and retain a personal copy along with any exposure history , particularly when the worker moves to other employment . This will assist a registered medical practitioner carrying out or supervising any further health monitoring to compare any previous results with new test and examination results .
The health monitoring report must not be disclosed to any person without the worker ’ s written consent , unless disclosure is required under the WHS laws .
The control measures at the workplace must be reviewed and revised ( if necessary ) if the report indicates that a worker is experiencing adverse health effects or signs of illness as a result of exposure to silica dust .
A PCBU must ensure that health monitoring reports for a worker are :
− kept as a confidential record − identified as a record for that worker , and − retained for at least 30 years after the record is made .
Treatment programs for adverse health effects should only be discussed between the worker and the registered medical practitioner and should not be included in the health monitoring report that is provided to the PCBU . If the health monitoring report includes health information other than what is required to fulfil the duties , or for which consent has not been given by the worker , the PCBU should return the report to the registered medical practitioner , informing them of the error .
More information about health monitoring reports can be found in the Health monitoring for PCBUs guide on Safe Work Australia ’ s website .
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