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NFPA 1582. Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments 2003 edition Copyright 2003, National Fire Protection Association, All Rights Reserved This edition of NFPA 1582, Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Fire Service Occupational Safety and Health and acted on by NFPA at its May Association Technical Meeting held May 18 21, 2003, in Dallas, TX. It was issued by the standards Council on July 18, 2003, with an effective date of August 7, 2003, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 1582 was approved as an American National Standard on July 18, 2003. Origin and Development of NFPA 1582. The issues of Medical care and evaluation of both candidates and incumbents within a fire department have been discussed in numerous NFPA standards . The initial discussion and mandatory Medical requirements were contained in NFPA 1001. In the late 1980s, respective members of the 1001 and 1500 technical committees formed a working subcommittee to develop a new Standard , NFPA 1582.

edition of the standard. Members of both committees have broken significant ground in providing a standard that the user — the fire department physician — can understand. The physicians on the committee have developed physician guidance text that provides a link between the

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