Report a suspected occupational disease to the statutory accident insurance fund
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzAs an employer, you are obliged to immediately report any justified suspicion of an occupational disease in one of your employees to the relevant employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
As an insured person, you can also informally report the suspicion of an occupational disease yourself.
As a doctor, you also have a duty to report a reasonable suspicion of an occupational disease. This applies to both outpatient and inpatient doctors. The employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will check whether there is an illness and whether it was caused by work.
If the employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund recognizes the occupational disease, it pays for all necessary measures to alleviate the consequences of the occupational disease and prevent it from worsening. These measures can range from medical care to occupational measures.
Insured persons can receive a pension if, despite the measures, a physical impairment with a reduction in earning capacity (MdE) of at least 20 percent remains.