Singapore legislation
Section 16
Section 16
Protection of workers
(1)
Every licensee shall —
submit such particulars as the Director may require regarding every worker who is likely to be exposed to such ionizing radiations as may be prescribed by the Director;
protect or cause to be protected all such workers from exposure to ionizing radiations; and
provide medical examinations by approved registered medical practitioners for all such workers before they are employed to perform any work where there is a likelihood of exposure to ionizing radiations.
(2)
If the Director has reasonable cause to believe that any worker has been or is likely to be exposed to ionizing radiations to a greater extent than is prescribed in relation to his work, the Director may require the licensee —
to provide and require the worker to wear approved personnel monitoring devices;
to keep records of ionizing radiations which the worker has been exposed to;
to instal or use monitoring devices in workplaces to record the amount of ionizing radiations present and to keep records thereof; and
to provide medical examinations for the worker by approved registered medical practitioners at such intervals as the Director may determine.
(3)
The Director may at his discretion require the licensee to provide medical examinations for all or any of the workers who are likely to be exposed to such ionizing radiations as may be prescribed by the Director by approved registered medical practitioners at such intervals as the Director may determine.
(4)
The registered medical practitioners performing medical examinations under subsection (2)(d) or (3) shall give notice to the Director in the prescribed form of all workers whose health is or is reasonably suspected to be affected by ionizing radiations.
(5)
If the Director is satisfied that it is detrimental to the health of any worker to be continued to be exposed to ionizing radiations, the employer of the worker shall not permit or require the worker —
to perform any duty which will cause the worker to be exposed to ionizing radiations; or
to work in any place where the worker will be exposed to ionizing radiations.
(6)
For the purposes of this section, “worker” includes all persons working under the instruction of the licensee, whether employed by him or not, in the handling or usage of, or who will come into contact with, any radioactive material or irradiating apparatus.