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16.—(1) The compressed air contractor shall ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that every person who works in compressed air is under adequate medical surveillance and works only in accordance with the conditions, if any, specified in his health record.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the compressed air contractor shall ensure that a person shall not work in compressed air where the compressed air contractor has reason to believe that person to be subject to any medical or physical condition which is likely to render that person unfit or unsuitable for such work.
(3) A person engaged in work in compressed air shall report forthwith any medical or physical condition which he has reason to believe is likely to render him unfit or unsuitable for such work to the compressed air contractor and, in the case of an employee, to the employer.
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