The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012

Fees for examination or surveillance by an employment medical adviser

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6.—(1) A fee is payable to the Executive by an employer in respect of a medical examination or medical surveillance of each of that employer’s employees by an employment medical adviser for the purposes of any provision specified in column 1 of Schedule 5.

(2) The fee payable under paragraph (1) is a basic fee for each examination or on each occasion when surveillance is carried out together with additional fees for X-rays and laboratory tests where these are taken or carried out in connection with the examination; and for each provision specified in column 1 of Schedule 5—

(a)the basic fee is the amount specified in column 3 of that Schedule for that provision;

(b)the additional fee for X-rays is the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule for that provision, and covers all X-rays taken in connection with any one examination;

(c)the additional fee for laboratory tests is the amount specified in column 5 of that Schedule for that provision, and covers all such tests carried out in connection with any one examination.

(3) Where an employment medical adviser carries out a medical examination of a self-employed person for the purposes of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, that self-employed person must pay fees to the Executive ascertained in accordance with paragraph (2).