Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 5.59

5.59 .         Frequency of biological monitoring

                If a person works in a lead‑risk job at a workplace then a person who, at the workplace, is an employer, the main contractor or a self‑employed person must ensure that biological monitoring is conducted in relation to the first‑mentioned person at the following times —

            (a)         within the first month of the person’s commencing the job; and

            (b)         2 months after the initial monitoring; and

            (c)         6 months after the initial monitoring; and

            (d)         at such subsequent times as are determined by the appointed medical practitioner who is supervising the person’s health surveillance.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 5.59 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]