Washington § 49.24.040 - Examination as to physical fitness.

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§ 49.24.040. Examination as to physical fitness.

If an employee is a new employee, an absentee for ten or more successive days, an employee who has worked in compressed air continuously for three months or a beginner in compressed air who has worked but a single shift as required by *RCW 49.24.050, the officer required by RCW 49.24.030(1) shall examine him or her and declare him or her physically fit to work in compressed air before permitting him or her to enter or reenter the working chamber. Excessive users of intoxicants shall not be permitted to work in compressed air.
[ 2010 c 8 s 12022; 1937 c 131 s 4; RRS s 7666-4.]

Notes

*Reviser's note: RCW 49.24.050 was repealed by 1963 c 105 s 1.

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