Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 1973 (Act No. 78 of 1973)Chapter IV : Certification of compensatable diseases45. Director to submit certain medical and post-mortem reports to certification committee |
When the director has obtained or has received from any medical practitioner any report or communication on the medical or post-mortem examination in terms of this Act of any person—
| (a) | who has not previously been found by the committee to be suffering from a compensatable disease and who is on the ground of such examination considered or suspected to be suffering from such a disease or to have been suffering from such a disease at the time of his death; or |
| (b) | who has previously been found by the committee to be suffering from a compensatable disease and who is on the ground of such medical examination considered or suspected to be suffering from a compensatable disease in a more advanced degree, |
the director shall as soon as practicable submit to the certification committee a full report on such examination, and, at the request of the said committee, cause such further examinations, tests or observation to be performed as that committee may require.