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OSHA standard 29
CFR 1913.10(a) states: OSHA access to employee medical records will, in
certain circumstances, be important to the agency's performance of its statutory
functions. Medical records, however, contain personal details concerning the
lives of employees. Due to the substantial personal privacy interests involved,
OSHA authority to gain access to personally identifiable employee medical
information will be exercised only after the agency has made a careful
determination of its need for this information, and only with appropriate
safeguards to protect individual privacy.
Once this information is obtained, OSHA examination and the use of it will be
limited to only that information needed to accomplish the purpose (or access).
Personal identifiable employee medical information will be retained by OSHA
only for so long as needed to accomplish the purpose for access. This will be
kept secure while being used and will not be disclosed to other agencies or
members of the public except in narrowly defined circumstances.
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