Information on the provisions related to the fire protection examination and medical fitness tests

General Directorate of National Disaster Management: In the period of the state of emergency declared by the government, the 45/2011 on the professions and jobs required to take the fire protection examination, the organization of education related to the fire protection examination and the detailed rules of the fire protection examination can be considered an official document based on the special rules. (XII. 7.) Fire protection examination certificate according to BM decree. This means that the acquisition of new professional examination certificates will have to be taken care of after the end of the emergency situation.

National Center for Public Health: In connection with the epidemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the primary goal is to minimize the possibility of further spread of the virus as much as possible, and at the same time to ensure the appropriate workforce in areas critical to the supply of the population, such as food production and food processing.

In order to realize these two goals together, the epidemiological authority orders the following. Also taking into account the data on the occurrence of tuberculosis (pulmonary tuberculosis) in Hungary, the mandatory requirements for determining the preliminary suitability for the job in jobs prioritized for epidemiological reasons - and for those engaged in these activities - as defined in Annex No. 1 of NM Decree 33/1998.(VI.24.) a lung screening test can be waived if the employee has a lung screening test result no older than 1 year. It is not necessary to have the mandatory lung screening test performed according to the law until the 15th day after the end of the emergency situation, even in the absence of this, the suitability of the employee applying for admission can be determined, which the doctor of the basic occupational health service can give in the occupational medical fitness opinion with the following time limit: "Suitable, the coronavirus - until the 15th day after the end of the emergency due to the epidemic.

In view of the above, the NNK recommends that in the case of sectors that are of fundamental importance in maintaining the functioning of the national economy, in order to ensure a continuous workforce, they advocate the hiring of employees who have a valid lung screening test result, i.e. they took part in a screen screening within a year and the result was negative, which is already stated in the job advertisement it is recommended to be highlighted or marked as an application condition."

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