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NPR 1800.1A Eff. Date: August 02, 2006 Cancellation Date: January 30, 2007	NASA Occupational Health Program Procedures
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Preface

P.1 Purpose

This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) describes processes for implementing and managing the NASA Occupational Health Program (OHP). The OHP is the overreaching Agency function encompassing two major components (Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health) and integrating other essential contributors to employee health. This NPR explains how services and reporting procedures for occupational medicine, occupational health nursing, environmental health, and employee support elements are standardized, when warranted and practicable, across the Agency.

P.2 Applicability

This NPG is applicable to NASA Headquarters, NASA Centers and Component Facilities as well as to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)and NASA contractors to the extent specified in their contracts.

P.3 Authority

The authority for this NPG is as follows:

a. 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(1) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended.

b. U.S.C. 668, Section 19,of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended.

c. Executive Order 12196, dated February 26, 1980, "Occupational Safety and Health Programs for Federal Employees," (3 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1980 Compilation).

P.4 References

a. NPD 1800.2, NASA Occupational Health Program, January 16, 2001

b. NPD 1810.2, NASA Occupational Medicine Program, January 16, 2001

c. NPD 1820.1, NASA Environmental Health Program, January 16, 2001

d. NPD 1830.1, NASA Employee Assistance Program, January 16, 2001

e. NPD 1840.1, NASA Workers' Compensation Program, February 23, 2001

P.5 Cancellation

NPR 1800.1, NASA Occupational Health Program Procedures, dated October 16, 2002.
NPR 1820.1, Hearing Conservation, dated March 2, 2001

/S/
Richard S. Williams, MD, FACS
Chief Health and Medical Officer

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