Contingency Fees Act, 1997
R 385.00
Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)Chapter 2 : Health and Safety at Mines17. Exit certificates |
| (1) | If an employee was subject to, or was required to be subject to, medical surveillance in terms of this Act and such employee's employment at a mine is terminated for any reason, the employer must arrange an exit medical examination of the employee. |
| (2) | The examination referred to in subsection (1) must be held before, or within 30 days after, termination of employment. |
[Section 17(2) substituted by section 6 of Notice No. 428, GG 32140, dated 17 April 2009 (Mine Health and Safety Amendment Act No. 74 of 2008)]
| (3) | The employee must attend the examination. |
| (4) | The occupational medical practitioner conducting the examination must— |
| (a) | produce an exit certificate with respect to that employee indicating the results of all medical surveillance and the presence or absence of any occupational disease; and |
| (b) | enter a copy of the exit certificate into the employee's record of medical surveillance. |
