Article 221. Provision of employees with individual protection means

If there is work involving harmful and/or hazardous labor conditions or work to be carried out under particular thermal conditions or those posing contamination, the employees shall be issued certified individual protection means, means for rinsing and rendering harmless according to the regulations approved in line with the procedure set up by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Procurement, storage, washing, cleaning, repair, disinfection, and rendering harmless the employees' individual protection means shall be paid for by the employer.

The employer shall provide for storage, washing, drying, disinfection, chemical and/or radioactive decontamination and repair of the protective clothing, footwear and other individual protection means issued to his employees in line with the established norms.

Article 222. Serving out milk and therapeutic & prophylactic nutrition

The employees involved in work with harmful labor conditions shall be served out free milk or other equal food products according to the established norms.

The employees involved in work with particularly harmful labor conditions shall be provided free therapeutic & prophylactic nutrition according to the established norms.

The norms and conditions of serving out free milk or other equal food products and therapeutic & prophylactic nutrition shall be approved in line with the procedure set up by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Article 223. Sanitary & utility and therapeutic & prophylactic services to employees

The employer shall be made responsible for provision of sanitary & utility and therapeutic & prophylactic services to the employees in organizations according to the labor protection requirements. To this end, sanitary & utility rooms, rooms for meals, rooms for giving medical aid, rooms for recreation during the working time and psychic relaxation shall be fitted out in organization in line with the established norm; sanitary posts shall be set up with first-aid kits complete with a set of medicines and preparations for giving first medical aid; apparatus/units shall be installed to provide employees in hot shops and areas with carbonated salty water, etc.

Transfer to medical treatment facilities or residences of the employees, which fell victims to accidents in production and occupational diseases or for other medical indications shall be either by the organization's transport or on its account.