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Regulation 145 Health records

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(1)

A spaceflight operator must ensure that a health record is created in respect of each classified crew member.

(2)

A “health record” is a written document containing the information specified in Schedule 6.

(3)

A spaceflight operator must ensure that each health record is—

(a)

maintained while the crew member to whom it relates is classified by the spaceflight operator as a classified crew member, and

(b)

retained until the later of—

(i)

the 75th anniversary of the birth of the crew member, whether or not the crew member survives until that date, and

(ii)

the 30th anniversary of the date on which the crew member was last exposed to cosmic radiation in the course of performing duties for the spaceflight operator on board a carrier aircraft or launch vehicle.

(4)

A crew member may request a copy of their health record.

(5)

An approved doctor may request a copy of the health record in respect of a crew member whom the approved doctor has examined, is due to examine, or whose health the approved doctor has reviewed, or is due to review, in accordance with regulation 144(1) in connection with the performance of the approved doctor’s functions under that regulation.

(6)

A spaceflight operator must, within a reasonable time of receiving a request under paragraph (4) or (5), ensure that a copy of the health record is produced to the crew member or approved doctor.

(7)

The spaceflight operator must take measures to ensure that a health record is protected as confidential information, and not disclosed otherwise than in accordance with this regulation or to an approved medical assessor for the purposes of that assessor performing duties as a medical assessor.