Notify us of an adverse health monitoring report

When a worker receives an adverse health monitoring report, you must notify SafeWork NSW.

As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you must provide health monitoring to workers who’ve been or may be exposed to certain hazardous chemicals.

A health monitoring report is a medical report completed and signed by a registered medical practitioner (a doctor). It records the worker’s health monitoring examination results.

Adverse health monitoring report

You must notify us when a worker has received an adverse health monitoring report.

An adverse health monitoring report contains either:

  • advice that the test results indicate that the worker may have contracted a disease, injury or illness as a result of exposure to the hazardous chemical
  • a recommendation that you take remedial measures – this includes whether the worker can continue the work that triggered the requirement for health monitoring.

A penalty applies for failing to notify us of an adverse health monitoring report.

How to notify

To notify us, complete the Notification of adverse health monitoring report form PDF, 771.67 KB and:

No fee applies. If you need help, call 13 10 50.

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Privacy

Any information identifying the patients is kept confidential. Except for the purposes of prosecution and unless such disclosure is otherwise required by law, the information will not be accessed by other third parties in a way that would identify the individual without the consent of that individual. You may also apply to the Regulator to access and correct any information about yourself if inaccurate, incomplete, not relevant or out of date.

Apply in writing to Privacy Contact Officer, SafeWork NSW, Locked Bag 2906, Lisarow NSW 2252.

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