Rule 166. Medical examination of plantation workers under sub-section (5) of section 93

Chapter IX — Special Provisions for Contract Labour Inter-state Migrant Workers, Audio- Visual Workers and Beedi and Cigar WorkersPart VI — PlantationMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305, 27 Aug 2026

Official text

(1) Every employer of a plantation shall arrange to conduct free of cost medical examination compulsory for all the employees, who are exposed to insecticides, pesticides, chemicals and toxic substances which are used, handled, stored or transported in a plantation, at an interval of not more than ninety days by a Medical Officer or Medical practitioner appointed under the Code:
Provided that if any person shows symptoms of poisoning or symptoms of any contagious disease shall be immediately examined and properly treated.
(2) The employer shall report immediately to the Chief Medical Officer of any accident caused due to use, handling, mixing, blending, storage and transportation of such substances immediately.
(3) In all cases of poisoning, first-aid treatment shall always be given before the physician is called. The Indian Standard Guide for handling cases of pesticide poisoning Part-I, First-Aid Measures [LS 4015 (Part-II) – 1967] shall be consulted for such first-aid treatment in addition to any other book on the subject. The workers shall also be educated on the effects of poisoning and the first-aid treatment to be given.
(4) Workers engaged in spraying work shall be changed and replaced by another batches of workers after they have worked for a period of three months.

Source: The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026, Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305 — Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, 27 August 2026, p. 357 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 357 · official download · all sources

The rules were made in Hindi. The English text is the translation published by order of the Governor under clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution, which makes it the authoritative text in English. Rule headings are printed as marginal notes.