Occupational Medicine Section
- Monitoring notification of occupational diseases and occupational poisoning cases and assisting in the investigation of these cases in the respective states.
- Analysing reported occupational diseases and poisoning cases data, streamlining them with the data from other relevant agencies and subsequently preparing the national occupational diseases and poisoning statistics.
- Providing input on occupational health related issues to other government agencies, departments or ministries.
- Promote and monitor the implementation of the Code of Practice on the Prevention and Management of HIV/AIDS in the Workplace, as well as the Code of Practice on the Prevention and Eradication of Drug, Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Workplace.
- Planning and organizing seminars, workshops and courses to promote occupational health knowledge and awareness.
- Investigating occupational disease cases for ex-gratia compensation of government employees on request basis from the Ministry of Finance. ex-gratia government employees when there is an application from the Malaysian Ministry of Finance.
- Conducting Basic Occupational Health Program (BOH), particularly in the Small and Medium Industries.
- Conducting Health Screening Programs (MyHess) and organizing First Aid Programs at the workplace for Department staff
