User:Saltrabook/Notification of occupational diseases

Notification of occupational diseases
(to be adjusted for legal conditions in Panama and other participating countries in the Wikibook) All doctors and dentists have a duty to report diseases that can be caused by work.

The disease must be reported, regardless of whether the victim consented. The injured person may at any time during the proceedings decide not to go further in the legal process.

Report on suspicion
It is important to know that the obligation to notify occurs already when the doctor or dentist determines that a disease may be work-related.

It is not a requirement to state that the disease is on the list of occupational diseases - or a condition for recognizing the particular disease are met.

Nor is it a requirement that the disease is permanent.

Purpose of notification
There are several reasons to declare all occupational diseases


 * 1) The victim's right to compensation
 * 2) Prevention of new injuries
 * 3) Raise awareness of the disease there may be work-related
 * 4) Injuries will determine whether it is an occupational disease
 * 5) The National Social Security Board will assess whether the disease is an occupational injury and the victim can get compensation.
 * 6) When a disease is reported the insurance will obtain information about the work and the disease in order to decide whether the disease is an occupational injury.