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1.13.3 Occupational Health Care
The Occupational Safety and Health Act is applicable to employment relations in Finland. This means that a mission is, as a rule, responsible for the occupational health of local staff members as provided in the Occupational Health Care Act.
The key objective in the occupational health care is to promote and maintain the employees’ ability to work and prevent work-related health hazards and adverse effects.
An employer may acquire occupational health care services from:
• occupational health care units at public health centres
• municipal enterprises and companies providing occupational health care
• occupational health care centres jointly operated by several employers (occupational health care associations)
• occupational health care units at private medical centres.
The employer may also provide in-house occupational health care services.
Kela compensates the employer for necessary and reasonable costs incurred through providing occupational health care to employees who are insured in Finland and on condition that the statutory preconditions are met. The payment of health insurance contribution is a prerequisite for receiving compensation from Kela. Other preconditions include e.g. the following:
• the service is provided by a service provider that has an operating licence for the service and the service is provided by personnel qualified for occupational health care as required in the Occupational Health Care Act,
• the service is free of charge to the employees,
• the employer has a valid occupational health care service agreement,
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