Sec. 31-399. Collection of data regarding occupational illnesses and injuries. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 31-399. Collection of data regarding occupational illnesses and injuries. (a) The statistical division within the Workers' Compensation Commission shall receive and coordinate data from occupational health clinics, auxiliary occupational health clinics and other data bases and medical sources concerning occupational illnesses and injuries at various sites and related to various occupations.

      (b) The division shall coordinate data collection activities from current available and competent sources, from new sources and from occupational health clinics and auxiliary occupational health clinics and shall, in cooperation with the Division of Worker Education within the Workers' Compensation Commission, educate unions, employers and individual workers on use of the surveillance system. Data collection and reporting shall be in a form which is consistent with the system used by the United States Centers for Disease Control.

      (c) The division shall publish a summary of the data collected pursuant to this section on a not less than annual basis.

      (P.A. 90-226, S. 4, 10.)