Regulation and duties for the radiation protection physician in medical surveillance of exposed to AOR
Moccaldi, R.; Pennarola, R.
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro Ed Ergonomia 33(3 Suppl): 395-398
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1592-7830 PMID: 23393885 Document Number: 649489
This work illustrates the duties of the physician responsible of medical surveillance of workers exposed to artificial optical radiation (AOR), (Chapter V of Title VIII of D.lgs 81/2008, in force in Italy since 2010-Directive 2006/25/EC). Emphasizes the lack of regulation regarding exposure to solar radiation, however, suggests guidelines for the management of the medical surveillance of workers exposed to this risk. With regard to the duties of the physician, it is emphasized its role in the process of risk assessment. It also presented an approach to health checks aimed, under conditions of controlled risk, to the identification, among exposed, of the workers defined by the low as "at particular risk," on which operate with periodic medical control for the determination of fitness.