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e。 and (6) to make and improve preliminary plans for emergency rescue in accidents caused by occupational disease hazards. Article 20 The employer shall have effective facilities for prevention of occupational disease and shall provide individual workers with articles for prevention of occupational diseases. The articles for prevention of occupational diseases provided by the employer to individual workers shall meet the requirements for prevention and control of occupational diseases。 otherwise, such articles may not be used. Article 21 The employer shall give priority to the use of new technologies, new technologies and new materials that are conducive to prevention and control of occupational diseases and to protection of workers39。 health, in order to gradually replace the technologies, techniques, and materials that produce serious occupational disease hazards. Article 22 The employer of a unit where occupational disease hazards are produced shall set up bulletin boards at eyecatching places to publish the rules and regulations for prevention and control of occupational diseases, the rules for their application, emergency rescue measures in accidents caused by occupational disease hazards, and the monitoring results of the factors of occupational disease hazards at the workplace. At eyecatching places, alarming signs with warning descriptions in Chinese shall be put up at the operation posts where serious occupational disease hazards are produced. The descriptions shall clearly furnish the categories, consequences and prevention of and the emergency rescue measures for, the occupational disease hazards. Article 23 At the workplace with toxic and hazardous substances where acute occupational injuries may occur, the employer shall have such places equipped with alarming devices, firstaid articles and washing equipment, and have emergency exit passages built and necessary risk obviating areas prepared. For the workplaces exposed to radioactive substances and the transportation and storage of radioisotope, the employer shall install protective equipment and alarming devices, and make sure that the workers exposed to radioactive rays wear dosimeters for personal use. With regard to the equipment for prevention of occupational diseases, emergency rescue facilities, and the articles to be used by individuals for prevention of occupational diseases, the employer shall have them maintained and overhauled regularly and have their properties and effects tested periodically, in order to keep them in normal condition. Without authorization, it may not have them dismantle or discontinue their use. Article 24 The employer shall assign special persons to carry out daytoday monitoring of the factors of occupational disease hazards and make sure that the monitoring system is kept in normal working conditions. The employer shall, in accordance with the regulations of the public health administration department under the State Council, have the factors of occupational disease hazards monitored and assessed regularly at the workplace. The results of monitoring and assessment shall be kept in the unit39。s files of occupational health regularly reported to the local public health administration department and announced to the workers. The factors of occupational disease hazards shall be monitored and assessed by the occupational health technical service institutions set up in accordance with law and authenticated as qualified by the public health administration departments of the people39。s governments at or above the provincial level. The monitoring and assessment made by the said institution shall be objective and truthful. When discovering the factors of occupational disease hazards at the workplace do not conform to the national requirements for occupational health, the employer shall immediately adopt appropriated measures to keep them under control. If they still cannot meet the norms or requirements, the operation where such factors exist, shall be stopped. It can be resumed only after the factors are kept under control and meet the said norms and requirements. Article 25 When providing the employer with the equipment that may produce occupational disease hazards, the supplier shall give a handbook in Chinese and put up alarming signs with warning descriptions in Chinese at eyecatching spots on the equipment. The descriptions shall clearly furnish the properties of the equipment, the possible occupational disease hazards it may produce, points for attention for safety operation and maintenance, protection against occupational diseases, measures for emergency rescue, etc. Article 26 When providing the employer with occupational disease hazards producing chemicals, radioisotope or materials containing radioactive substances, the supplier shall give a handbook in Chinese. The handbook shall clearly contain the properties of the product, the main constituents, the hazardous factors present and the possible hazardous consequences, the points for attention for safety application, protection against occupational diseases, emergency rescue measures, and other particulars. On the package of the product there shall be eyecatching alarming signs with warning descriptions in Chinese. In the places where the materials mentioned above are stored, signs for dangerous goods or alarming signs for radioactive substances shall be put up at specified spots. For chemicals pertaining to occupational disease hazards which are to be used or imported for the first time in the country, the user or importer shall, upon approval by the relevant department under the State Council, as required by State regulations, submit to the public health administration department under the State Council the report on the identification of the toxicity of the chemicals and the documents proving its registration with the department concerned or proving the approval for import.