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| Original name: | Ustawa z dnia 27 czerwca 1997 r. o sluzbie medycyny pracy |
| Name: | Act No. 593 of 27 June 1997 on Occupational Health Services. |
| Country: | Poland |
| Subject(s): | Occupational safety and health |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1997-06-27 |
| Entry into force: | |
| Published on: | Dziennik Ustaw, 1997-08-13, 96, pp. 3026-3032 |
| ISN: | POL-1997-L-48191 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=48191&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Dziennik Ustaw, 1997-08-13, 96, pp. 3026-3032 Legislation on-line in Polish  Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych [Internet System of Legal Acts], Sejm RP, Sejm RP, Poland PDF Act as amended to May 2018 (consulted on 2019-03-14) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Establishes an occupational health service. The service aims at protecting workers against negative effects of unfavourable conditions of work in relation with the workplace as well as to conduct preventive health care for workers. The occupational health service consists of medical doctors, nurses, psychologists as well as other persons with professional qualifications necessary to fulfill multidisciplinary tasks within the service. The service shall be organised in units independent from employers, workers and their representatives, and from other persons. Further defines organisational structures and competences of the service. |
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