ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Occupational Safety and Health Act
22. Notification of occupational diseases
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
22. Notification of occupational diseases
(1)A medical practitioner attending a patient who he believes to be suffering from any disease specified in the Second Schedule, contracted in any workplace, shall within seven days of attending the patient unless such a notice has been previously sent, send to the Director, a notice stating the name and full postal address of the patient, the disease from which, in the opinion of the medical practitioner, the patient is suffering, and the name and address of the workplace in which the patient was last employed.(2)A medical practitioner who fails to send a notice in as required by subsection (1), commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings.(3)An occupier shall send a written notice of any disease, specified in the Second Schedule, occurring in a workplace to the Director and the provisions of section 21 with respect to the notification of accidents shall mutatis mutandis apply to any notification of diseases.(4)The Cabinet Secretary may, by rules apply the provisions of this section to all workplaces or any class or description of workplace to any disease other than those not specified in the Second Schedule.