Singapore legislation

Clause 9

Duties of licensees to employees

(1)

Every licensee shall provide and maintain, so far as is practicable, for his employees who are exposed or likely to be exposed to radiations a working environment that is safe and without risks to health.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), every licensee shall —

(a)

protect or cause to be protected all of his employees from exposure to radiations;

(b)

provide such information, instruction, training and supervision to such employees as are necessary to enable the employees to perform their work in a manner that is safe and without risks to health;

(c)

submit such particulars as the Director-General may require regarding each of his employees who is likely to be exposed to any radiation;

(d)

provide each of his employees such monitoring equipment or devices as may be prescribed and require all such employees to wear these prescribed personnel monitoring equipment and devices; and

(e)

provide all of his employees with prescribed medical examinations by such registered medical practitioners as may be approved by the Director-General.

(3)

The registered medical practitioners performing the medical examinations under subsection (2)(e) shall give notice to the Director-General, in such form and manner as the Director-General may require, of all employees of a licensee whose health is affected, or is reasonably suspected to be affected, by radiations.

(4)

If the Director-General is satisfied that it is detrimental to the health of any employee of a licensee if he continues to be exposed to radiations, the licensee shall not permit or require that employee —

(a)

to perform any duty which will or is likely to cause that employee to be further exposed to radiations; or

(b)

to work in any place where that employee will be or is likely to be further exposed to radiations.

(5)

For the purposes of this section —

(a)

“employee”, in relation to a licensee, includes —

(i)

an independent contractor engaged by the licensee; and

(ii)

any employee of an independent contractor engaged by the licensee; and

(b)

the duties of a licensee shall extend to any independent contractor engaged by the licensee and to the employees of the independent contractor, in relation to matters over which the licensee —

(i)

has control; or

(ii)

would have had control but for any agreement between the licensee and the independent contractor to the contrary.

Read in full context — Radiation Protection Bill →