Article R4426-4 of the French Labour Code
November 3, 2023
When the establishment ceases operations, the list of exposed workers is sent to the company’s medical inspector.
When the establishment ceases operations, the list of exposed workers is sent to the company’s medical inspector.
The risk assessment makes it possible to identify workers for whom special protection measures may be necessary. Without prejudice to the vaccinations provided for in articles L. 3111-4 and L. 3112-1 of the Public Health Code, the employer shall recommend, where appropriate and on the occupational physician’s recommendation, that workers who have not been immunised against the biological pathogens to which they are or may be exposed undergo, at their…
Any worker exposed to group 3 or 4 biological agents will benefit from enhanced individual monitoring under the conditions set out in articles R. 4624-22 to R. 4624-28 of this code. Any worker exposed to group 1 or 2 biological agents will benefit from individual monitoring as provided for in articles R. 4624-10 to R. 4624-21 of this code. For workers exposed to group 2 biological agents, the initial information…
The medical file provided for in Article L. 4624-8 is completed, for each worker likely to be exposed to pathogenic biological agents, in accordance with Article R. 4624-45-4.
The medical file is established following the examinations and visits provided for in article R. 4426-7. When biological agents are likely to cause illnesses with a long incubation period, the medical record is kept for a period of up to forty years after known exposure has ceased.
When the company disappears or when the worker changes company, the medical file is sent either to the occupational physician of the new company, or to the occupational health inspector, who is responsible for sending it, where appropriate, at the worker’s request, to the occupational physician now responsible. At the worker’s request, the medical file is sent to the doctor designated by the worker.
Workers are given information and advice on the individual monitoring of their state of health, which they should be able to take advantage of once exposure has ended.
The occupational physician is informed by the employer of the deaths and absences due to illness of workers exposed to pathogenic biological agents, when these absences exceed the durations set by joint order of the ministers responsible for labour, health and agriculture according to the nature of the activities carried out and the conditions of exposure to the biological agents.
If a worker is found to be suffering from an infection or disease listed in an occupational disease table and which may be the result of exposure to biological agents, all workers likely to have been exposed at the same workplace will undergo a medical examination, possibly accompanied by additional tests. If the infection or disease is not listed in an occupational disease table, the occupational physician may suggest that…
The first use of biological pathogens must be declared to the Labour Inspectorate at least thirty days before the work begins.
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