On July 23, 2024, Presidential Decree N.º 179/24, of August 1, was published, which approves the Regulation on Safety, Hygiene and Health Services, aiming to establish standards on the creation, organization and operation of these services, assuming the following modalities:
Internal Service – permitted as long as the employer has qualified human resources and specific equipment for carrying out the activity on its staff, and may also include companies in the same group, as long as they are located in the same space or at a distance of up to 2 km;
Inter-Company Service – being created for a plurality of companies or establishments for the common use of workers who provide services there; and
External Service – external companies are hired, without prejudice to not exempting the employer from responsibility for the rules on Safety, Hygiene and Health at Work.
The Services are subject to authorization and registration by the Inspecção Geral do Trabalho (IGT), which carries out prior inspections in order to verify the technical and human conditions for carrying out the activity.
Occupational safety and hygiene activities can only be carried out by safety and hygiene technicians registered by the competent entity, who are subject to prior assessment and carry out their respective activities with technical autonomy, under the authority of an employer.c) Health at Work.
The occupational health service must be provided by a doctor with a specialty in occupational medicine recognized by the Medical Association and registered with the entity responsible for promoting safety, hygiene and health at work.
In addition to the admission, periodic and dismissal medical examinations, return-to-work and job change examinations are now mandatory.
The provisions of this diploma are applicable to authorization requests requested before the date of its entry into force and entities that have an authorization request in the assessment phase must, within a maximum period of 15 days, update the requirements or request the competent body scheduling the inspection, under penalty of cancellation of the ongoing process.
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