1.1 This guide covers the core information recommended to establish employee medical data records.

1.2 This guide provides a standardized format for reporting health history information and core physical examination results. The information suggested in this guide may be supplemented by a working history, additional history, laboratory tests, or physical examinations as needed for surveillance of specific effects from potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents or processes. This information provides a health status baseline with which subsequent examinations can be compared. Information items may be omitted if in the examiner's opinion they are not relevant.