Employee Exposure and Medical Records

• The medical record for each employee is to be preserved and maintained for at least the duration of employment plus thirty years.
• Each employee exposure record shall be preserved and maintained for at least thirty years.
• Each analysis using employee exposure or medical records shall be preserved and maintained for at least thirty years.
• MSDSs and other descriptions of substances do not have to be retained as long as some record of the identity (chemical name if known) of the substance or agent, where it was used, and when it was used is retained for 30 years.
• If an employee or their designated representative, requests a copy of the employee's health record, the College is to provide a copy within 15 days of the request, or provide facilities to make copies at no cost, or loan the records to employee or designated representative so that copies can be made.

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