When must employers inform employees of their rights to access medical and exposure records?
·       Employers are to inform their employees initially upon employment and at least annually thereafter of their rights to access medical and exposure records, as well as where such records are kept. How long must the records be retained? Each employee exposure record must be maintained for at least 30 years. Experimental toxicological research records are excluded from the 30-year retention requirements. Biological monitoring results designated as exposure records by specific occupational safety and health standard must be preserved and maintained by the specific standard. The medical records for each employee must be maintained for at least the duration of employment plus 30 years. The following type of medical records need not be retained for any specified period; health insurance claims records maintained separately from the employer”s medical program; first aid records; and medical records of employees who have worked less than one year for the employer need not be ret
