The obligation
PCBUs must provide health monitoring to workers at significant risk from exposure to hazardous chemicals in ongoing work.
Health monitoring is required where a worker doing ongoing work using, handling, generating or storing hazardous chemicals faces a significant risk from exposure to a chemical in Schedule 14, table 14.1. It is also required for other hazardous chemicals where there is a significant exposure risk and valid techniques exist to detect health effects, or a valid way of determining biological exposure exists and it is uncertain whether the biological exposure standard was exceeded.
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- PCBUs must provide health monitoring to workers at significant risk from exposure to hazardous chemicals in ongoing work.
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- legislation.gov.au
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Which WHS law does this come from?
Health monitoring for workers exposed to hazardous chemicals is a WHS requirement set out in Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 (FEDERAL). It is made under Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (FEDERAL). The relevant provision is Chapter 7, Part 7.1 § 368.
What does this WHS obligation require?
Health monitoring for workers exposed to hazardous chemicals is a WHS obligation under Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 (FEDERAL). In short, PCBUs must provide health monitoring to workers at significant risk from exposure to hazardous chemicals in ongoing work.
What changed recently?
Health monitoring for workers exposed to hazardous chemicals was last updated on 19 October 2026.