Contents of the OSH (Central) Rules

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026

Rule 114. Retention and transfer of medical certificates

Chapter XIPart IV — MinesMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026

Official text

(1) All medical examination records with medical history and job details to depict the occupational dust exposure profile of persons employed or to be employed in a mine shall be retained in the possession of the manager of the mine so long as the person is employed in the mine and for a period of five years thereafter:

Provided that the manager of a mine where such person is or was employed shall, if so requested by the manager of any other mine where the person is to be employed, send all medical certificates with respect to such person.

(2) If the examining authority who conducts medical examination of persons employed or to be employed in any mine is relieved of their duties regarding medical examination, such examining authority shall transfer all records of medical examination in their possession to the manager of the mine concerned.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026, G.S.R. 345(E) — Gazette of India, p. 209 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 209 · official download · all sources

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