01 additional occupational disease covered by social insurance from April 1, 2023 in Vietnam

01 additional occupational disease covered by social insurance from April 1, 2023 in Vietnam (Internet image)

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List of occupational diseases covered by social insurance in Vietnam (latest update)

List of occupational diseases covered by social insurance in Vietnam is specified in Article 3 of Circular 15/2016/TT-BYT (amended by Circular 02/2023/TT-BYT), including the following 35 diseases:

1. Occupational silicosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

2. Occupational asbestosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

3. Occupational byssinosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

4. Occupational talc pneumoconiosis lung disease and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

5. Occupational coalworker's pneumoconiosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

6. Occupational chronic bronchitis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

7. Occupational asthma and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

8. Occupational lead poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

9. Occupational intoxication of benzene and benzene homologues and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

10. Occupational mercurialism and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

11. Occupational manganism and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

12. Occupational trinitrotoluene poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

13. Occupational asernic poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

14. Occupational intoxication of pesticide chemicals and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

15. Occupational nicotine poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

16. Occupational carbon monoxide poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

17. Occupational cadmium poisoning and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

18. Noise-induced hearing loss and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

19. Occupational decompression sickness and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

20. Occupational whole-body vibration and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

21. Occupational local vibration and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

22. Occupational radiation toxicity and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

23. Occupational cataract and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

24. Occupational black acne disease and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

25. Occupational melasma and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

26. Occupational chromium contact dermatitis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

27. Occupational skin diseases due to prolonged wet and cold exposure and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

28. Occupational skin diseases due to exposure to natural rubber and rubber additive chemicals and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

29. Occupational leptospirosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

30. Occupational hepatitis B and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

31. Occupational tuberculosis and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

32. HIV infection due to occupational accidents and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

33. Occupational hepatitis C and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

34. Occupational mesotholioma cancer and guidelines for diagnosis and assessment

35. Occupational COVID - 19 and guidelines for diagnosis and examination (newly added)

Regulations on health check-ups and treatment for occupational diseases applicable to employees in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 21 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene 2015, the health check-ups and treatment for occupational diseases applicable to employees are as follows:

- Annually, an employer shall organize health check-ups at least once a year for employees; and health check-ups at least twice a year for employees doing heavy and harmful jobs and disabled, underage and elderly employees.

- Beside regulations prescribed in Clause 1 of Article 21 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene 2015, the employer shall organize obstetric checks for female employees, and occupational disease checks for employees who work in conditions with hazards of occupational diseases.

- Before an employee is assigned works or taken another work that is more heavy, harmful or dangerous, or after a victim recovers from occupational accident or occupational disease and returns to work, the employer shall have them went for health check-ups, unless they have undergone decreased work capacity examinations conducted by a Medical Examination Council.

- The employer shall organize health check-ups or occupational disease check-ups for employees at health facilities meeting professional and technical conditions.

- The employer shall send the employee who is diagnosed as an occupational disease to a health facility meeting professional and technical conditions according to the treatment regimen of occupational diseases prescribed by the Minister of Health.

- Costs of health check-ups, occupational disease check-ups, and treatment for occupational diseases for employees paid by employers as prescribed in Clause 1, 2 3 and 5 of Article 21 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene 2015 shall be recorded to deductible expenses when determining their taxable income as prescribed in Law on enterprise income tax and recorded to regular operating expenses applicable to administrative units without service provision.

Circular 02/2023/TT-BYT takes effect from April 1, 2023.

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