Chương IV Thông tư 19/2016/TT-BYT: Trách nhiệm thực hiện

Chapter IV

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 13. Responsibilities for emergency and first aid treatment of emergency response teams

Every emergency response team shall:

1. Periodically examine and inspect the provision of first-aid and emergency treatment, medical equipment, and number of staff at the workplace.

2. Manage and provide training courses for workers and those who are assigned to participate in the emergency response team under Article 9 hereof.

3. Request the employer to:

a) Recruit first aiders or emergency personnel if any member of emergency response team quit or move to other workplaces.

b) Supplement, replace, maintain and examine first-aid kits and emergency equipment.

Article 14. Responsibilities of employers

Every employer shall:

1. Make, manage and update occupational health and safety records, occupational disease records (if any), occupational emergency and first aid treatment records (if any) and records of monitoring of employee’s health who suffers from occupational diseases.

2. Allocate personnel with the consideration of employees’ health as stipulated in clause 2 Article 2 hereof.

3. Equip hygienic works and utilities in workplace.

4. Provide sufficient necessary medical equipment and first aid treatment, set up emergency response teams, make out written work allocation for emergency first aid management, and provide emergency and first aid training.

Article 15. Responsibilities of health stations of communes

Every health station of commune shall:

Administer primary first aid and/or emergency in case of occupational accidents, intoxication or other accidents occurring within the commune upon request.

2. Disseminate and provide education on health and hygiene for occupational disease and epidemic prevention and control;

3. Produce statistics on business establishments and workplace hazards to prepare healthcare measures.

4. Inspect the implementation of occupational health and safety within the commune.

Article 16. Responsibilities of health stations of districts

Every health station shall:

1. Manage, examine and inspect the implementation of occupational health and safety by business establishments within the district.

2. Inspect and provide business establishments with guidance and training courses on occupational health and safety (including occupational disease prevention), first aid and emergency treatment.

3. Exchange professional knowledge with emergency response teams of business establishments within the administration and update legislative documents and cooperate to manage occupational health and safety once every six month.

Article 17. Responsibilities of preventive healthcare providers and occupational health and environmental protection centers of provinces

1. Manage, examine and inspect the implementation of occupational health and safety by business establishments within the administration.

2. Submit plans for occupational health and safety management and improvement, occupational disease prevention and first aid and emergency training to the Department of Health for review for approval and implementation.

3. Inspect and provide business establishments with guidance and training courses on occupational health and safety (including occupational disease prevention), first aid and emergency treatment.

4. Exchange professional knowledge with emergency response teams of business establishments within the administration to improve skills and update legislative documents and cooperate to manage occupational health and safety once every six months.

Article 18. Responsibilities of health authorities

Every health authority shall:

1. Submit plans for occupational health and safety management and improvement, occupational disease prevention and training courses in first aid and emergency treatment to the competent authority for review for approval and implementation.

2. Supervise, inspect and provide instructions on occupational health and safety training (including occupational disease control) and first aid and emergency treatment.

3. Research and propose to amendment to the list of occupations, heavy, dangerous and hazardous jobs; health standards by occupation and health standards for elderly workers working in heavy, dangerous and hazardous jobs under the administration of the regulatory authority.

Article 19 Responsibilities of Departments of Health

Every Department of Health shall:

1. Provide instructions and allocate personnel to take charge of occupational health and safety management and occupational disease control within the administration.

2. Disseminate and provide guidance and training courses on occupational health and safety (including occupational disease prevention), first aid and emergency treatment.

3. Supervise and inspect the performance of entities qualified for workplace monitoring, occupational healthcare providers, occupational health and safety certificate issuers, and first aid and emergency treatment training within the administration.

Article 20. Responsibilities of preventive healthcare providers, universities having medicine, public health and occupational heal faculties

1. Provide training in occupational health and safety, workplace monitoring, occupational diseases, and first aid and emergency treatment.

2. Prepare training documents and provide training courses and issue certificates in workplace monitoring and occupational diseases surveillance according to Annex 12 attached hereto. The workplace monitoring certificate shall be made using Annex 13 attached hereto.

Review certificates in workplace monitoring issued by the effective date of this Circular as the basis for issue of certificate in workplace monitoring whose training curricula program is similar to that in the Annex 12 hereof.

3. Monitor workplaces and provide occupational healthcare in industrial zones according to the allocation by the Ministry of Health.

4. Disseminate, supervise and provide guidance and training courses on occupational health and safety (including occupational disease prevention), first aid and emergency treatment.

5. Propose health standards for workers by occupation, and health standards applicable to elderly workers who do heavy, dangerous and hazardous jobs, and propose to amend the list of heavy, dangerous and hazardous occupations in the field of healthcare.

Article 21.  Responsibilities of Agency for Medical Service Administration – Ministry of Health

The Agency for Medical Service Administration shall:

1. Provide instructions on health examination for grant of health certificates and periodic health examination within the jurisdiction.

2. Provide instructions on occupational disease treatment and functional rehabilitation nationwide.

3. Publish the list of medical facilities qualified to provide periodic health examination and functional rehabilitation on the website of the Ministry of Health. Aggregate and report figures on periodic health examination and functional rehabilitation nationwide.

4. Request the competent authority to introduce regulation and occupational health classification; regimens of medical treatment and rehabilitation.

5. Examine and inspect the operation of medical facilities under clause 3 of this Article.

Article 22. Responsibilities of Health Environment Management Agency – Ministry of Health

The Health Environment Management Agency shall:

1. Submit national plans for occupational health and safety management and improvement, occupational disease prevention and training courses in first aid and emergency treatment to the competent authority for review for approval and implementation.

2. Take charge of occupational health and safety management, occupational disease prevention and first aid and emergency treatment nationwide.

3. Make information on entities qualified for workplace monitoring and medical facilities qualified to issue occupational health and safety certificate and provide training courses in first aid and emergency treatment publicly available on the website of the Ministry of Health.

4. Examine and inspect the performance of workplace monitoring agencies, medical facilities eligible to issue occupational health certificate nationwide and medical facilities that provide emergency and first aid training nationwide.

5. Consolidate figures about occupational health and safety, workplace monitoring, and occupational diseases and accidents of which patient received treatment at their facility.