Medical Certificate on First Entry in Govt. Service

Medical Certificate of Fitness on First Entry into Government Service 

3.2. Except as provided in rules 3.3 and 3.4 no person may be substantively appointed in Pakistan to a permanent post in Government service without a medical certificate of health, in the following form, which must be affixed to his first pay bill

“I hereby certify that

I have examined A. B., a candidate for employment in the —

————————— Department, and cannot discover that he/she has any disease

(communicable or otherwise), constitutional affection or bodily infirmity,

except___________________. I do not consider this a disqualification for employment in

the office of ____ A. B.’s age is, according to his/her own statement _____ years and by

appearance about ————————— years. The candidate ————————————

——————— has been vaccinated within the last 12 months_

or has been re-vaccinated within the last 12 months,

or has already had smallpox and shows obvious scars thereof.

NOTE 1.—Authorities competent to make first appointments may

require the submission of a medical certificate of fitness from temporary or officiating Government servants. In any case they must

satisfy themselves that the candidate is protected against smallpox. 

NOTE 2(A). —Rule 3.1 deleted by Government letter No. 251-F.R. 55-

10621, dated 8-7-55. 

NOTE 2.—(i) Medical certificates should ordinarily be required from

candidates on first appointment to Government service if they are

likely to officiate or to hold temporary posts for any period exceeding

six months.

1. Re-employed persons who during their previous term of service under the

Government had produced the required medical certificates need not be required to produce a fresh certificate unless the period between their discharge from their old posts and their appointment to the new posts is in excess of three months.

iii. A temporary Government servant who has already produced the required medical certificate in one office, should not, if transferred to another office without a break in his service, be required to produce a fresh certificate. The person concerned should, however, obtain a certificate from the Head of Office from which he is transferred to the effect that he had already produced the requisite medical certificate of health.]

NOTE 3.—Medical certificates obtained under note 1 and clause (i) of

note 2 shall be retained by heads of offices and submitted to the

Accountant-General only with the first pay bill in which less the pay of

the Government servants concerned as substantive holders of

permanent posts is drawn.

3.3. A competent authority may in individual cases dispense with the production of a medical certificate and may by general order exempt any specified class of Government servants from the operation of rule 3.2.

3.4. The following classes of Government servants are exempted from producing a medical certificate of health :-

1. A Government servant appointed by the High Commissioner for Pakistan
2. Government servants, other than those serving under the High Court, whose service is classed as inferior.

NOTE 1.—The production of a medical certificate is necessary in the

case of a Government servant promoted from non-qualifying service

paid from a local fund to a post in superior Government service.

NOTE 2.—No medical certificate is necessary upon a Government

Servant being promoted from inferior to superior service, even though while in inferior service he may have been paid from a local fund. 

NOTE 3.—Lady teachers should produce a medical certificate of

fitness within one year from the date of appointment.

NOTE 4.—Government servants referred to in clause (2) above and

candidates for inferior service under Government, whether temporary,

officiating or permanent shall either —

1. produce a certificate that they have been vaccinated within the

last 12 months or have been re-vaccinated within the last 12

months or have already had smallpox and show obvious scars

thereof; or

1. in the case of candidates for inferior service under Government

shall satisfy a responsible official of the department in which

they seek employment, that one or other of the conditions

mentioned in the certificate required under clause (i) is satisfied.

3.5. The medical certificate of health shall be signed by the District Health Officer of the district in which the candidate applies for employment unless the head of the office or of the department in which the candidate seeks service directs that the District Health Officer of some other district should grant the certificate : provided that_

1. in the case of a female candidate, the certificate may be granted, at the option of the candidate, and with the previous permission of the District Health Officer of the district _
2. a) by a member of the Women’s Medical Service, Pakistan,
3. b) by a registered lady doctor holding a qualification registerable by the Pakistan Medical Council.

The certificate issued by a lady doctor shall except in the case of a certificate granted by a member of the Women’s Medical Service, Pakistan be countersigned by the District Health Officer;

1. in the case of a candidate for appointment to a post on pay not exceeding fifty rupees, the appointing authority may accept a certificate signed by any medical officer, irrespective of ms medical qualifications ;

 

iii. in the case of a candidate for appointment to a Gazetted post, the medical certificate of health shall be signed by the standing Medical Board at Lahore or the standing Invaliding Committee at Multan and Rawalpindi.

3.6. When a Government servant in whom a defect has been noticed by the examining District Health Officer, but which defect is not considered to be a disqualification for employment in the particular office or department in which he is serving, is subsequently transferred to another office or department the duties of which are of a different character, the transfer shall not be regarded as permanent until the District Health Officer or other medical authority referred to in rule 3.5 has, at the written request of the head of the new office or department, certified either that the defect previously noticed has disappeared or that it does not constitute a disqualification for the new duties entrusted to the servant.