Rule 43. Appointment of Medical officer,

1. The State Government or, subject to the control of the State Government, the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, may by written order appoint the Medical practitioner to bc a medical officer who possesses any recognized medical qualification as defined in the National Medical Commission Act. 2019(30 of 2019) and who is enrolled on a Indian Medical Register as defined in clause (e) and on a State Medical Register as defined in clause (l) of section 35, 36, 37 and 40 of the said Act for the purpose of this Code within such local limits or for such factory or class or description of factories as it may assign to them respectively. 2. No person shall be appointed to be, or authorized to exercise the powvers of, the medical officer, or having been so appointed or authorized, continue to exercise such powers, who is or becomes the occupier of a factory or is or becomes dircetly or indirectly interested therein or in any process or business carried on there in on in any patent or machinery connected there with or is othenvise employer of the factory:

Provided that the State Government may, by order in writing and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order, exempt any person or class of persons from the provisions of this sub-rule in respect of any factory or class or description of factories.