L-0.2, r. 1 - Regulation respecting the application of the Act respecting medical laboratories and organ and tissue conservation

Section 174 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

174. The permit holder must ensure that every staff member directly assigned to work under x-rays has undergone a medical examination when hired including:

(a)  an anamnesis directed towards the risks to which the employee may be exposed and relating to:

i.  the possible existence of hereditary diseases or defects;

ii.  possible blood count abnormalities; and

iii.  an estimate of occupationally derived x-ray dose equivalents received previously. If, for a given period of the professional life of a person, previously directly assigned to work under x-rays, the accumulated dose equivalent is not known with certainty, it shall be considered equal to the maximum permissible dose prescribed in Schedule 8 corresponding to such period;

(b)  a physical examination; and

(c)  a full blood count including red blood cell, white blood cell and platelet counts and a differential blood count.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. P-35, r. 1, s. 174.