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Article L4623-9 of the French Labour Code

Under the conditions of professional ethics defined and guaranteed by law, the occupational health nurse carries out the tasks assigned to him/her by this code or delegated by the occupational health physician, within the limits of the competences laid down for nurses by the Public Health Code.

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Article L4623-10 of the French Labour Code

Occupational health nurses recruited to a prevention and occupational health service must hold a State diploma or be authorised to practise without restriction, under the conditions laid down by the Public Health Code. They have received specific training in occupational health, as defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. If the nurse has not received training in occupational health, the employer shall enrol him/her in such training during the twelve…

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Article L4624-1 of the French Labour Code

I.- As part of the monitoring of the state of health of workers provided for in article L. 4622-2, all workers benefit from individual monitoring of their state of health by the occupational physician, the corresponding medical practitioner and, under the authority of the occupational physician, by the assistant physician mentioned in article L. 4623-1, the occupational medicine intern and the nurse. This monitoring includes an information and prevention visit…

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Article L4624-2 of the French Labour Code

I.-Any worker assigned to a position involving particular risks to his or her health or safety or to that of his or her colleagues or third parties in the immediate work environment will benefit from enhanced individual health monitoring. This monitoring includes in particular a medical examination to assess fitness, which replaces the information and prevention visit provided for in article L. 4624-1. II – The medical examination for fitness…

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Article L4624-2-1 of the French Labour Code

Workers benefiting from the enhanced individual monitoring system provided for in article L. 4624-2, or who have benefited from such monitoring during their working career, are examined by the occupational physician during a medical check-up, as soon as possible after they have ceased to be exposed to particular risks to their health or safety or, where applicable, before they retire. The purpose of this medical examination is to establish traceability…

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Article L4624-2-2 of the French Labour Code

I.-The worker is examined by the occupational physician during a mid-career medical check-up organised at a time determined by industry agreement or, failing that, during the calendar year of the worker’s forty-fifth birthday. This medical examination may be brought forward and organised in conjunction with another medical examination when the employee must be examined by the occupational physician two years before the deadline set out in the first paragraph of…

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Article L4624-2-3 of the French Labour Code

After maternity leave or an absence from work justified by incapacity resulting from illness or accident and meeting the conditions set by decree, the employee is entitled to a resumption examination by an occupational physician within a period determined by decree.

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Article L4624-2-4 of the French Labour Code

In the event of absence from work justified by incapacity resulting from illness or accident lasting longer than a period set by decree, the worker may benefit from a pre-resumption examination by the occupational physician, in particular to study the implementation of the individual adaptation measures provided for in article L. 4624-3, organised at the initiative of the worker, the treating physician, the health insurance medical services or the occupational…

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