OSHA Issues Revised Rule Concerning Access to Employee Medical Records

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its rule describing internal procedures that agency personnel must follow when obtaining and using personally identifiable employee medical information. The final version of OSHA’s Rules of Agency Practice and Procedure Concerning Occupational Safety and Health Administration Access to Employee Medical Records: Transfers approval of written medical access orders from the assistant secretary of occupational safety and health to the OSHA medical records officer, who is responsible for determining the transfer and pub...