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... right to examine and copy records. ACCESS RULES-Records requests need not be in writing except where trade secrets are involved. Union and health professionals must have specific written consent to gain access to employees' personal medical records but may examine exposure records without such consent. However, they must state the specific record needed and the occupational health need for requesting the information. Health professionals include physicians, occupational health nurses, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, and epidemiologists who provide medical or other occupational health services to exposed employees. Employees have automatic access to their own exposure and medical records except where a physician representing the employer believes that direct employee access to certain information in the record could be detrimental to the employee's health. However, they have access to exposure records of others when these exposures represent their past or ... less than one year) do not have to be retained if they are provided to the employee on termination. Employers need not copy X-rays and may require viewing on site or at some other suitable location. All X-rays, except chest X-rays, may be microfilmed for records storage. TOXIC SUBSTANCES-Toxic substances and harmful agents include any material listed in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Hazards (RTECHS); substances which have evidenced an acute chronic health hazard in testing conducted by or known to the employer; or substances in a material safety data sheet kept by or known to the employer indication that the material may pose a health hazard. Except for trade secrets, employers are to disclose the specific chemical identity [chemical name and Chemical Abstract Service ...

...de physicians, occupational health nurses, industrial hygienists, toxicologist... substance to a treating physician or nurse when needed for emergency or first...