Section 10
Duties of licensees to employees
(1)
Every licensee shall provide and maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable, for his employees who are exposed or likely to be exposed to radiation a working environment that is safe and without risks to health.
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (I), every licensee shall -
(a)
protect or cause to be protected all of his employees from exposure to radiation;
(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, information or documents as the
Authority may require regarding each of his employees who is likely to be exposed to radiation;
(d)
provide each of his employees such monitoring equipment or devices as may be determined by the Authority and require all such
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and
(e)
provide all of his employees with medical examinations by such medical practitioners as may be approved by the Authority.
(3)
The medical practitioners performing the medical examinations under subsection (2)(e) shall inform the Authority, in such form and manner as the Authority may require, of all employees of a licensee whose health is affected, or is reasonably suspected to be affected. by radiation.
(4)
If the Authority is satisfied that it is detrimental to the health of any employee of a licensee if he continues to be exposed to radiation, 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 radiation; or
(b)
to work in any place where that employee will be or is likely to be further exposed to radiation.
(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.
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