GINA and ADA record keeping

Title I of the ADA and Title II of GINA limit employer access to medical information. Regardless of whether an employer or an occupational health provider maintains information in paper or electronic files, it must ensure that personal health information about applicants or employees cannot be accessed, except under the circumstances permitted by the statutes. The EEOC has issued an informal opinion letter providing some guidance.

Help from OSHA

OSHA has posted a record keeping advisor to assist employers with record keeping compliance. From the post

The OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor is intended to help determine:

Whether an injury or illness (or related event) is work-related 

Whether an event or exposure at home or on travel is work-related

Whether an exception applies to the injury or illness

Whether a work-related injury or illness needs to be recorded

Which provisions of the regulations apply when recording a work-related case