The Air Navigation (Cosmic Radiation: Protection of Air Crew and Space Crew and Consequential Amendments) Order 2019

Health RecordsU.K.

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15.—(1) An operator must ensure that a health record is created in respect of each classified crew member.

(2) A “health record” is a written document containing the information specified in the Schedule.

(3) An operator must ensure that each health record is—

(a)maintained while the crew member to whom it relates is classified by the operator as a classified crew member; and

(b)retained until the later of—

(i)the 75th anniversary of the birth of the crew member (whether or not the crew member survives until that date); and

(ii)the 30th anniversary of the date on which the crew member was last exposed to cosmic radiation in the course of performing duties for the operator on board an aircraft F1....

(4) A crew member may request a copy of their health record.

(5) A doctor may request a copy of the health record in respect of a crew member who the doctor has examined, is due to examine, or whose health the doctor has reviewed, or is due to review, in accordance with article 14(1) (determination as to fitness to work as a classified crew member) in connection with the performance of the doctor's functions under that article.

(6) An operator must, within a reasonable time of receiving a request under paragraph (4) or (5), ensure that a copy of the health record is produced to the crew member or, as the case may be, doctor.

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Commencement Information

I1Art. 15 in force at 7.8.2019, see art. 1