Permissible testing Sample Clauses

Permissible testing. (a) An employer may provide testing to an employee who has requested a test in the following circumstances:

Permissible testing. (a) An employer may provide testing to an employee who has requested a test in the following circumstances: (i) As part of a health care service provided in the workplace; (ii) In the event of an occupational accident carrying a risk of exposure to blood or other body fluids; (iii) For the purposes of applying for compensation following an occupational accident involving a risk of exposure to blood or other body fluids. (b) Furthermore, such testing may only take place within the following defined conditions: (i) At the initiative of an employee; (ii) Within a health care worker and employee-patient relationship; (iii) With informed consent and pre- and post-test counselling, as defined by the Department of Health’s National Policy on Testing for HIV; and (iv) With strict procedures relating to confidentiality of an employee’s HIV status as described in clause 7.2 of this Code.