Book VI: Prevention institutions and organisations

Actions in the workplace are part of the mission of the occupational health and prevention services defined in article L. 4622-2. They include in particular 1° Visiting workplaces ; 2° Studying workstations with a view to improving working conditions, adapting them in certain situations or maintaining employment; 3° Identification and analysis of occupational risks; 4° Drawing up and updating company records; 5° Providing advice on the organisation of rescue and…

Actions in the workplace are carried out : 1° In companies with an independent occupational health and prevention service, by the occupational physician, in collaboration with the services responsible for employee protection and occupational risk prevention activities in the company; 2° In undertakings belonging to an inter-company occupational health and prevention service, by the multidisciplinary occupational health team, under the leadership of the occupational physician and within the framework of…

The health professionals on the multidisciplinary team have free access to the workplace, under the authority of the occupational physician. They carry out visits either on their own initiative or at the request of the employer or the social and economic committee.

The employer or the president of the inter-company service shall take all measures to enable the occupational health physician to devote one third of his working time to his duties in the workplace, within the framework of the actions mentioned in article R. 4624-1. This time includes at least one hundred and fifty half-days of actual work each year, for a full-time doctor. For a part-time doctor, this obligation is…