Rule 121. Failure to provide and maintain medical facilities as required in these rule

(1) If any employer does not provide and maintain medical facilities as required in these Rules to the satisfaction of the Inspector cum Facilitator or Chief Inspector cum facilitator, the latter shall, at the expense of the defaulting employer, cause to be provided and maintained such facilities in the nearest garden hospital or Dispensary or in the District or other similar hospitals. The defaulting employer shall be liable to pay the cost of such medical facilities including charges, if any, in respect of –

(a) a medical officer’s visit to the plantation for the purpose of attendance onany sick worker or workers:

(b) the maintenance of sick workers in a hospital or dispensary for each day; and

(c) transport to and fro provided to the sick workers;

(2) Where medical facilities are not provided by any employer the State Government may also arrange for such medical facilities as they deem necessary and recover such contributions from the employer as the State Government may specify in this behalf.