Recordkeeping
Employers must maintain an accurate record of exposure monitoring activities and exposure measurements as well as medical consultations and examinations, including medical tests and written opinions.
Employers generally must maintain worker exposure records for 30 years and medical records for the duration of the worker's employment plus 30 years, unless one of the exemptions listed below applies:
- Health insurance claims records maintained separately from the employer's medical program and its records,
- First aid records (not including medical histories) of one-time treatment and subsequent observation of minor scratches, cuts, burns, splinters, and the like which do not involve medical treatment, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, or transfer to another job, if made on-site by a non-physician and if maintained separately from the employer's medical program and its records, and
- Medical records of employees who have worked for less than one year for the employer need not be retained beyond the term of employment if they are provided to the employee upon the termination of employment.
Such records must be maintained, transferred, and made available to an individual's physician or made available to the worker or his/her designated representative upon request.
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