Rule 5: Annual health examination of employees
Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 30 August 2026
Rule 5 — Governs annual health examination of employees and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: (1) Every employer of dock work, building or other construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who has completed forty years of age.
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 were finally notified under G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026. The Central Rules must be read with the Code and any later amendment/corrigendum.
Finin2min analysis — operative rule mechanics
Operative clauses
- (1) Every employer of dock work, building or other construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who has completed forty years of age.
- (2) The medical examination shall be conducted by a qualified medical practitioner and a certificate shall be provided FORM-VIII to both the employer and employee:
- Provided that an employer may avail the facility for medical examination of the employees through the Employees' State Insurance Corporation:
- Provided further that in case of mines, additional tests and conditions of annual medical examinations of employees shall be governed under Rule 109.
Provisos / explanations
- Provided that an employer may avail the facility for medical examination of the employees through the Employees' State Insurance Corporation:
Thresholds & timelines
- Annual health examination of employees.- (1) Every employer of dock work, building or other construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who has completed forty years of age.
Mapped Code sections
Full notified text — Rule 5
5. Annual health examination of employees.- (1) Every employer of dock work, building or other
construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who
has completed forty years of age.
(2) The medical examination shall be conducted by a qualified medical practitioner and a certificate
shall be provided FORM-VIII to both the employer and employee:
Provided that an employer may avail the facility for medical examination of the employees
through the Employees' State Insurance Corporation:
Provided further that in case of mines, additional tests and conditions of annual medical
examinations of employees shall be governed under Rule 109.Application and evidence
- Primary statutory test — (1) Every employer of dock work, building or other construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who has completed forty years of age.
- Additional operative limb — (2) The medical examination shall be conducted by a qualified medical practitioner and a certificate shall be provided FORM-VIII to both the employer and employee:
- Qualification / exception to test — Provided that an employer may avail the facility for medical examination of the employees through the Employees' State Insurance Corporation:
- Numerical or timing control — Annual health examination of employees.- (1) Every employer of dock work, building or other construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who has completed forty years of age.
- Code Section mapping — 6. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
- Prescribed-form link recorded in the corpus — VIII. Confirm the current notified form/version before filing.
Cross-references & prescribed forms
Sections cited/mapped
Forms
VIII
Worked example
For an establishment affected by annual health examination of employees, the compliance owner should identify the applicable sector and authority, document the prescribed control/notice/record and retain inspection or training evidence. A text point to test is: “Annual health examination of employees.- (1) Every employer of dock work, building or other construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who has completed forty years of age.” Also test the express qualification/proviso before concluding the result. Reconcile the mapped Code Section(s) 6. Use the current notified VIII where the process requires it.
Illustrative only. Use the exact notified rule, prescribed form and competent authority.
Q&A — Rule 5
What is Rule 5 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026?
Rule 5 — Governs annual health examination of employees and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: (1) Every employer of dock work, building or other construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who has completed forty years of age.
What does Rule 5 require or permit?
A principal operative clause extracted from the notified rule is: “(1) Every employer of dock work, building or other construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who has completed forty years of age.” Read it with all sub-rules and provisos below.
Does Rule 5 contain a proviso or explanation?
Yes. One extracted qualification is: “Provided that an employer may avail the facility for medical examination of the employees through the Employees' State Insurance Corporation:”
What deadline, period, percentage or amount appears in Rule 5?
The rule contains this numerical/time expression: “Annual health examination of employees.- (1) Every employer of dock work, building or other construction work shall arrange to conduct free of cost, medical examination for employee, who has completed forty years of age.” Apply it only in its notified context.
Which Code sections are linked to Rule 5?
The current concordance maps Rule 5 to Section(s) 6.
Which form is connected with Rule 5?
The current corpus records: VIII. Confirm the current notified version before use.
When did Rule 5 come into force?
The final Central Rules were notified as G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026; Rule 1 states that the Rules come into force on publication. Check any later amendment or corrigendum before reliance.