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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 31-2 Occupational Medical Service – duties.">
  <section prefix="§" num="31-2" heading="Occupational Medical Service – duties.">
    <text>The Occupational Medical Service shall:</text>
    <para num="(1)">establish medical procedures and standards at all City medical facilities for employees and assure conformity with such procedures and standards;</para>
    <para num="(2)">examine and treat patients at a central medical services clinic;</para>
    <para num="(3)">monitor the quality of medical treatments for all City employees;</para>
    <para num="(4)">investigate and evaluate all City employee safety and health hazards, including but not limited to toxic materials, and establish programs to eliminate and reduce hazards;</para>
    <para num="(5)">evaluate medical cases of patients, including employees with disability claims, at all City medical facilities and recommend upon their disposition;</para>
    <para num="(6)">cooperate with and assist the Law Department and other City agencies involved in Workers’ Compensation Commission claims and disability retirement claims and matters relative thereto, improving all types of claims management and loss control;</para>
    <para num="(7)">develop and maintain programs for controlling sick leave, substance abuse, and disability of all City employees and for monitoring and reducing absenteeism;</para>
    <para num="(8)">cooperate with public health agencies in improving the quality of occupational medicine;</para>
    <para num="(9)">maintain a system of uniform medical records; and</para>
    <para num="(10)">develop and maintain programs to enhance the professional education of all employees involved in occupational medicine.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §49</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 80-057</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-370</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-822</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
