GUIDANCE ON MEDICAL FITNESS FOR RAILWAY SAFETY CRITICAL WORKERS

Published date

18-09-2013

Publisher

Part 1 - Introduction
Part 2 - Guidance for infrastructure managers and railway undertakings on medical fitness standards
Appendices
Appendix A - Laser eye surgery
Appendix B - Colour vision
Appendix C - Hearing
Appendix D - Safe use of medicines
Appendix E - Cautionary labels 2 and 19 for medicines – British National Formulary
Appendix F - Railway workers and diabetes – general guidance
Appendix G - Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
Definitions
References

Gives guidance on medical fitness for railway safety critical workers and helps infrastructure managers and railway undertakings in understanding their responsibilities in relation to medical fitness and how they may approach the setting of their own medical fitness criteria, where appropriate.

DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	Rail Safety and Standards Board Limited
Status	Current

RSSB GE/GN8570 : ISSUE 2	GUIDANCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
RSSB GO/RT3451 : ISSUE 4	TRAIN DRIVERS – SUITABILITY AND MEDICAL FITNESS REQUIREMENTS
RSSB GO/RC3561 : ISSUE 4	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRAIN MOVEMENT – STAFF SUITABILITY AND FITNESS REQUIREMENTS
RSSB GO/RT3452 : ISSUE 1	TRAIN MOVEMENT - MEDICAL FITNESS REQUIREMENTS

RSSB GO/RT3452 : ISSUE 1	TRAIN MOVEMENT - MEDICAL FITNESS REQUIREMENTS
RSSB GE/GN8570 : ISSUE 2	GUIDANCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
RSSB GE/RT8070 : ISSUE 3	TESTING RAILWAY SAFETY CRITICAL WORKERS FOR DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
RSSB GO/RT3451 : ISSUE 4	TRAIN DRIVERS – SUITABILITY AND MEDICAL FITNESS REQUIREMENTS
96/48/EC : 1996	COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 96/48/EC OF 23 JULY 1996 ON THE INTEROPERABILITY OF THE TRANS-EUROPEAN HIGH-SPEED RAIL SYSTEM