Title

Qatar: Ministerial Decision No. 19 of 2005 regarding periodical medical exams for workers susceptible to occupational disease

Date of adoption

25 September 2005

Entry into force

29 December 2005

Text versions

Arabic

Source:

– Official Journal Issue No. 12 (19 December 2005) p. 1927. Retrieved from: Al-Meezan Qatar Legal Portal, accessed: 23 May 2013.

–  http://www.almeezan.qa/LawView.aspx?opt&LawID=3623&TYPE=PRINT&language=ar 

Abstract

This law defines the occupational diseases that workers in different sectors must be periodically tested for and the steps that must be taken to ensure the safety of workers who contract an occupational disease (Art. 7).

Art. 10 requires the employer to facilitate the process of conducting the periodical medical exam including providing the necessary data and to pay the worker for the time it takes him to submit to those exams.