Access to employee exposure and medical records
ASP video lesson, 6:29. ASP Domain 9: Legal
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What 29 CFR 1910.1020 requires: retention periods, the 15-working-day access rule, designated representatives, medical record limits, trade secrets, and the 30-day denial deadline.
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What this lesson covers
In this lesson, you'll learn to: state the retention periods for medical and exposure records, apply the access deadline and the no-cost copy rules, distinguish employee, representative and OSHA access, and handle trade secret requests the way the standard requires. Start with retention. Unless a specific standard sets a different period, two clocks apply.
- Intro
- Learning objectives
- Preservation of records
- Retention exceptions
- Access to records
- Who may access what
- Specific written consent
- Trade secrets
- Employer duties
- On the job
- Common exam traps
- Recap quiz
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