Section 86: Notification of occupational diseases

86. Notification of occupational diseases (1) Where an Occupational Health Physician suspects or finds that any person is suffering from any occupational disease specified in the Fourteenth Schedule, he shall, within 28 days from the date he so suspects or finds, notify in writing the employer of the person and the Director in the form set out in the Twenty-fifth Schedule. (2) Upon receipt of a notification under subsection (1), the employer shall forthwith notify the Director in the form set out in the Twenty-fifth Schedule of the suspected occupational disease and shall keep a record of such notification. (3) Where an insurer is notified by an employer or any other person, of any employee suffering from any occupational disease, specified in the Fourteenth Schedule, the insurer shall within 7 days of receiving such notification, inform the Director accordingly in the form set out in the Twenty-fourth Schedule.