Step 22: Reviewing EMS Policies and Procedures
EMS System Procedures
EMS System Procedures document the processes used to meet the EMS criteria. However, you may also need to include area-or activity-specific documents like work instructions or job hazard analyses (JHAs).
You should have a specific Document Control procedure to manage EMS documents.
EMS Document Control Procedures describe the following:
- How to control or manage EMS documentation
- How documents are periodically reviewed and revised
- How obsolete documents are promptly removed from all points of issue and use
The following would be considered controlled EMS documents:
- Environmental policy
- Lists of objectives and targets
- Description of roles, responsibilities, authorities, and lines of communication
- EMS Manual (system description)
- System-level procedures
- Work instructions to support the EMS
- Related plans (for example, emergency preparedness)
Means and Controls
Develop and describe the means and controls you will use to make sure EMS documentation is up to date and readily available to all employees.
The EMS Document Control Procedure should address how EMS documents will be:
- Prepared
- Issued and distributed
- Revised
- Reviewed
- Disposed of (for outdated documents)
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5-6. Which of the following would be a controlled EMS document?
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