Medicals. 1. Registered persons will not be advanced from their current despatch board or become a Welfare Paying Casual unless they have passed the required medical examination. Persons failing to pass the medical examination will be de-registered. 2. A person who fails the medical examination given by the medical examiner jointly appointed by the Parties may approach the Secretary of the Local to indicate a desire to appeal. If the Secretary of the Local agrees that there is a valid reason to appeal, the case may be referred to an Appeal Board consisting of one representative of the Association and one representative of the Union. 3. The Appeal Board may make a final determination based solely on the medical evidence presented to it, or may, at its discretion, approve as medically fit any person whose service to the Industry and individual circumstance so warrants. 4. If the Appeal Board is unable to agree on the disposition of an appeal it shall seek a further opinion from an independent medical specialist whose opinion respecting the subject case shall govern the disposition of same. 5. Where new operations become part of the bargaining unit, the new members of the Union work force from such operation will not be required to pass such an examination, but must take the examination in order to determine the extent of any disability. 6. Tradespeople brought from outside the Industry to fulfil duties requiring special skills shall be required to pass a medical examination after a 90 day period, in order to continue employment under this Agreement.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
