Ordinance of 31 Oct. 1997 on Occupational Diseases Jurisdiction Germany Year 1997 Published in German Original/other title [German] Berufskrankheiten-Verordnung (BKV) Serial title Bundesgesetzblatt Source 5 Nov. 1997, Part I, No.73, p.2623-2626. Photocopy in CIS: 7p. Online availability [German] http://www.bma.de/download/gesetze_web/BKV/BerufskrankheitenVO.htm Descriptors [Primary] Germany, schedule of occupational diseases [Secondary] law, list Subject category Occupational medicine, epidemiology Abstract This Ordinance (effective: 1 Dec. 1997), as updated last on 11 Dec. 2002, provides the legal basis for the definition of occupational diseases in Germany. In annex: schedule of occupational diseases, classified by type of causing agent (chemical agents; physical agents; infectious and parasitical agents; dusts and other agents afecting the respiratory system; agents affecting the skin; other diseases [miner's nystagmus]). The Occupational Disease Ordinance of 20 June 1968, with its various amendments (including that of 15 Dec. 1976, see CIS 77-590), is repealed. CIS No. 02-511 Database ID 78543