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Appendix 1Contact details for the Asbestos and Occupational RespiratoryDisease RegistrarAsbestos and Occupational Respiratory Disease RegistrarMinistry of Business, Innovation and EmploymentPO Box 3705Wellington 6140Members of the National Asbestos Medical PanelW.I. Glass ONZM, MBChB, DPH, DIH, FFOM (Lond), FAFOM (Hon), FFOM (I) (Convenor).R. Armstrong MBChB (Hons), FRCP, FRACP.D. Jones MBBS, MRCP (UK), FRACP.Asbestos and other Occupational Lung Diseases in New Zealand 2012 Annual Report Page 32
Appendix 2The National Asbestos RegistersThe National Asbestos Registers were established in March 1992 in line withrecommendations made to the Minister of Labour by the Asbestos Advisory Committee.Formation of the Asbestos Advisory CommitteeThe Asbestos Advisory Committee was established in October 1990 to report to the Ministerof Labour on issues relating to the health effects and use of asbestos in New Zealand,adequacy of controls and legislation, and clarification of the legal entitlements available foraffected workers. This followed increasing public concern about past and present effects ofasbestos on workers, former workers and their families.Establishment of the National Asbestos RegistersRecommendation 4 of the Report of the Asbestos Advisory Committee to the Minister ofLabour advised:“That an asbestos medical register be established for people who have beensignificantly exposed to asbestos. OSH (formerly the Occupational Safety and HealthService of the Department of Labour, now the Ministry of Business, Innovation andEmployment) should be the organisation responsible for establishing, maintainingand funding the medical register.The medical register should be in two parts:Part 1 – Those notified as having been exposed to asbestos;Part 2 – Those notified as having an asbestos-related disease.The system should allow movement of the name of a registered person from Part 1to Part 2 of the register when indicated.Notifications to Part 1 of the medical register were to be made by those who felt theyhad been exposed to asbestos, or by people acting on their behalf (and followingconsultation), such as an employer, union official, relative or friend.Notification to Part 2 of the medical register would be done by medicalpractitioners.”A Notifiable Occupational Disease System (NODS) was established in 1992 and the AsbestosRegisters have been incorporated in that scheme. This was in accordance withrecommendation 5 of the Asbestos Advisory Committee.Page 33Asbestos and other Occupational Lung Diseases in New Zealand 2012 Annual Report
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