Health examinations
The Industrial Safety and Health Act requires businesses (Kyushu University) to implement health examinations on its workers. Members of the faculty, as workers at the University, are required to undertake these checks. The health checks implemented by the University are as shown below.
| Type of health examination | Scope of implementation | Period and method of implementation |
| General periodic health examination | All staff (except those engaged in special designated activities and those who underwent a medical examination at the time they were employed) | June-September Rotating, undertaken at clinic on business premises |
| Health examination for staff engaged in special designated activities | Staff engaged in special designated activities | June-September, December-January Rotating, undertaken at clinic on business premises |
| Special health examinations | Staff working with organic solvents, designated chemical substances, dust, pressurized gases and diving |
June-September, December-January Rotating, undertaken at clinic on business premises |
| Intake health examination | Newly employed staff | As needed Undertaken at clinic on business premises |
| Secondary health examinations | Staff selected on basis of the results of their general (with irregularity in BMI, body fat, sugar metabolism, blood pressure) |
August-November Undertaken at clinic on business premises |
| Health examination for staff being dispatched overseas | Staff working overseas for six months or longer. Before and after assignment. |
As needed Undertaken at clinic on business premises |
| Colon cancer examination | Staff aged 40 and over (voluntary) | December Rotating |
| Stomach cancer examination | Staff aged 40 and over (voluntary) | June-September Undertaken at clinic on business premises |
| Cervical cancer examination | Staff who request it | June-September Undertaken at clinic on business premises |
| Ionized radiation health examination | Staff handling radiation | May, September, November, February Implemented at Kyushu University Hospital |