Occupational Exams: A employers responsibility and a right for workers
Occupational health
Author: Medicina Laboral ContinentalModified date:
Occupational Exams in Colombia
In Colombia, the performance of occupational examinations is regulated by Resolution 2346 of 2007 and Resolution 1918 of 2009 as an obligation of employers to organize and guarantee the operation of the occupational health program, being an important instrument in the preparation of the diagnoses of the health conditions of the companies.
What are the types of occupational medical evaluations in Colombia?
- Medical entrance examination: are those that are carried out before the worker enters the company to know the state of health of it.
- Periodic medical examination: they are carried out to monitor the risk exposure of workers.
- Retirement medical examination: they are carried out when the worker ends an employment relationship.
The employer must order the performance of other types of occupational medical evaluations, such as post-disability or reinstatement, to
identify health conditions that may be aggravated or that may interfere with work or affect third parties, due to particular situations.
What are the tests that a worker can take according to their functions?
- Medical examination with musculoskeletal emphasis
- Medical examination for work at height
- Post-disability medical examination
- Follow-up medical examination
- Withdrawal medical examination
- Complementary tests (audiometry, visiometry, spirometry, optometry)
- Electrocardiogram
- Psychosensometric test
- Psychological tests
- Phoniatrics
- Laboratory tests
- Diagnostic images
Who can hire our occupational medical examination services?
Both natural persons and legal persons.
What is the added value of hiring occupational exams with Continental Occupational Medicine?
- Strategic alliances with suppliers in all the capitals of the Colombian departments and in some intermediate cities.
- Times of attention and delivery of concepts.
- Being from the same group as the Continental Clinical Laboratory, which is the first accredited Clinical Laboratory on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia.
Sources: Resolution 2346 of 2007. - Resolution 1918 of 2009.