The obligation
A PCBU must ensure health monitoring of asbestos workers reviews their history and exposure records and includes a physical examination.
Unless a medical practitioner recommends another type of health monitoring, it must consider the worker's demographic, medical and occupational history and records of the worker's personal exposure to asbestos. It must also include a physical examination of the worker. A medical practitioner is a health practitioner registered, or deemed registered, with the Medical Council of New Zealand as a practitioner of medicine.
- What
- A PCBU must ensure health monitoring of asbestos workers reviews their history and exposure records and includes a physical examination.
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Which WHS law does this come from?
Content of health monitoring for workers exposed to asbestos is a WHS requirement set out in Management and removal of asbestos (NZ). It is made under Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (NZ).
What does this WHS obligation require?
Content of health monitoring for workers exposed to asbestos is a WHS obligation under Management and removal of asbestos (NZ). In short, A PCBU must ensure health monitoring of asbestos workers reviews their history and exposure records and includes a physical examination.
What changed recently?
Content of health monitoring for workers exposed to asbestos was last updated on 9 October 2026.
