Section 28. Medical surveillance.
(1) Where it appears to the Minister that in any of the industries or class or description of industries -
(a) cases of illness have occurred which he has reason to believe may be due to the nature of the process or other conditions of work;
(b) by reason of changes in any process or in the substances used in any process or, by reason of the introduction of any new process or new substance for use in a process, there may be risk of injury to the health of persons employed in the process;
(c) persons below the age of sixteen years are or are about to be employed in work which may cause risk of injury to their health; or
(d) there may be risk of injury to the health of persons employed in any of the occupations specified in the Third Schedule, or from any substance or material brought to the industries to be used or handled therein or from any change in the conditions in the industries,
he may make regulations requiring such reasonable arrangements as may be specified in the regulations to be made for the medical surveillance and medical examination, not including medical treatment of a preventive character, of the persons or any class of persons employed in the industries or class or description of industries.
(2) Regulations made under this section may require the medical surveillance to be carried out by persons registered with the Director General, and may prescribe the qualifications and other conditions which are to be satisfied in order to be registered for the purpose of this section.
(3) A person who contravenes the provisions of this section or any regulation made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
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