Circular No. 28/2016/TT-BYT on management of occupational diseases

This Circular provides for documents and contents of pre-employment health checkup, screening for occupational diseases, provision of periodic examination for workers having occupational diseases, occupational disease investigation and reporting.

Regulated entities

1. Workers who are exposed to harmful elements and likely to catch occupational diseases, doing arduous, toxic or dangerous works, including apprentices and interns, workers who have retired or resigned from jobs having the risk of occupational diseases, workers participating in social insurance specified in Clause 1 and Clause 4 Article 2 of the Law on Social insurance No. 58/2014/QH13 whose social insurance payment period is reserved or have resigned pending provision of pension or monthly benefits.

2. Enterprises, organizations, cooperatives, household businesses, individuals hiring workers specified in Clause 1 of this Article (hereinafter referred to as employers).

3. Health facilities capable of providing occupational disease examination in accordance with regulations of law on medical examination and treatment that provide pre-employment health checkup, screening for occupational diseases, periodic examinations for workers having occupational diseases (hereinafter referred to as examining facilities)

Circular No. 28/2016/TT-BYT takes effect on August 15, 2016.

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This Circular No. 28/2016/TT-BYT translation is made by LawSoft and for reference purposes only. 

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