The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Lakshadweep) Rules, 2025
Rule 141. Medical examination and health record of plantation workers
Official text
(1) Every worker employed in a plantation, who is exposed to insecticides. pesticides, chemicals and toxic substances shall be medically examined by a qualified medical practitioner in the following manner, namely: -(i) once before employment, to ascertain physical fitness of the person to do the particular job;
(ii) once in a period of twelve months, to ascertain the health status of all the workers in respect of occupational health hazards to which they are exposed; and
(iii) the details of pre-employment and periodical medical examination carried out as aforesaid shall be recorded in the health register in Form- 39 electronically or otherwise.
(2) No person shall be employed for the first time without a certificate of Fitness in Form-38 granted by the qualified medical practitioner. If the qualified medical practitioner declares a person unfit for being employed, such a person shall have the right to appeal to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator who shall refer the matter to the Medical Officer whose opinion shall be final in this regard.
(3) Any finding of the qualified medical practitioner revealing any abnormality or unsuitability of any person employed shall immediately be reported to the Medical Officer who shall in turn, examine the concerned worker and communicate his findings to the employer within thirty days. If the Medical Officer is of the opinion that the worker so examined is required to be taken away from the employment for health protection, he will direct the employer accordingly, who shall not employ the said worker in the same employment. However, the worker so taken away shall be provided with alternate placement unless he is fully incapacitated in the opinion of the Medical Officer in which case the worker affected shall be suitably rehabilitated.
(4) The workers taken away from employment under sub-rule (3) may be employed again in the same employment only after obtaining the Fitness Certificate from the Medical Officer and after making entries to that effect in the health register.
(5) A copy of the up-to-date health records including the record of worker's exposure to insecticides, pesticides, chemicals and toxic substances or, as the case may be, the medical records shall be supplied to the worker on receipt of an application from him. X-ray plates and other medical diagnostic reports may also be made available for reference to his qualified medical practitioner.