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What it regulates
The law includes protecting and promoting occupational health among public-health services. This record traces that rule from its original 2003 wording, through the 2007 amendment concerning female workers’ risks and needs, to the reorganisation of Article 11 in 2011.
Who it applies to
Public authorities and National Health System structures providing public-health services. Selection: Articles 11.1 and 11.3 as institutional context, former Article 11.2.g and current Article 11.2.h. Other provisions on funding, healthcare services, staff and system coordination are outside this record.
Key provisions
Current Article 11.2.h expressly includes protecting and promoting occupational health within public-health services. Its institutional addressees must be distinguished from each employer’s specific prevention duties.
Article 11Article 11.1 describes public-authority initiatives to preserve, protect and promote health through collective or social action. This is the framework in which occupational health is included.
Article 11Article 11.3 provides for comprehensive delivery through public-health structures and the National Health System’s primary-care infrastructure.
Article 11The 2007 reference to female workers’ specific risks and needs belonged to former Article 11.2.g. It is a documented historical provision, not the numbering or exact wording of the current rule.
Article 11History and versions
BOE publication: 29/05/2003 · Initial entry into force: 30/05/2003
BOE-A-2003-10715Published on 29/05/2003 and in force from 30/05/2003. Organic Law 3/2007 amended Article 11.2.g from 24/03/2007. Law 33/2011 rewrote paragraph 2 from 06/10/2011 and placed occupational health under letter h. This record follows those provisions; subsequent amendments to other subject areas are not presented as changes to this rule.
Original wording: Article 11.2.g includes promoting and protecting occupational health.
BOE-A-2003-10715Additional provision 9.2 of Organic Law 3/2007 adds specific consideration of female workers’ risks and needs.
BOE-A-2007-6115Final provision 2.3 of Law 33/2011 replaces paragraph 2: occupational health moves to letter h, without repeating the specific 2007 phrase.
BOE-A-2011-15623Text versions of the selected OSH provisions
| Publication | Effective date | Official reference | Affected provisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29/05/2003 | 30/05/2003 | BOE-A-2003-10715 | Article 11 |
| 23/03/2007 | 24/03/2007 | BOE-A-2007-6115 | Article 11 |
| 05/10/2011 | 06/10/2011 | BOE-A-2011-15623 | Article 11 |
Transitional provisions and application notes
Current letter g concerns food safety. A present-day reference to occupational health should point to Article 11.2.h.
Article 11Rewriting this provision does not establish that duties concerning equality, pregnancy or breastfeeding under other legislation have disappeared. Consult the current receiving provisions.
Article 11This public-health selection does not replace risk assessment, prevention arrangements or health surveillance governed by the Occupational Risk Prevention Act and its implementing legislation.
Article 11
Official BOE legal relationships
This record covers the history of the selected occupational safety and health provisions. The official analysis also provides the relationships affecting other subjects in the legislation.
Official BOE legal relationships
