Policy for Service Eligibility in Respect of People with HCV Positive

No. SOR-IV (S&GAD)10-1/2003

Dated the 22nd July 2005

 

Subject:         POLICY FOR SERVICE ELIGIBILITY IN RESPECT OF PEOPLE WITH  & HCV POSITIVE

Kindly refer to the subject cited above.

. Rule 21 of the Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment Conditions of Service) Rules, 1974 requires that a candidate for appointment in Government service must be in good mental aand bodily health free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his dduty. Recently, a question has arisen as to whether or not a person suffering from HHepatitis B or C is medically fit. An experts committee was constituted in the Health DDepartment to propose the policy for fitness of the candidates for Government service ssuffering from Hepatitis B/C. The committee has made the following recommendations:

Type	Cases
1.	HbsAg Anti HCV LFTs PCR Abd. USG	Positive Positive Normal Negative Normal	Fit for Entry into Service
2	HbsAg Anti HCV LFTs PCR Abd. USG	Positive Positive Abnormal Negative Normal	Fit for Entry into Service
3	HbsAg Anti HCV LFTs PCR Abd. USG	Negatives Negatives Abnormal Negative Normal	Fit for Entry into Service
4	HbsAg Anti HCV LFTs PCR Abd. USG	Positive Positive Normal Positive Normal	Should be deferred and treatment be advised and come back when patient is sero-negative (6-12 months)
5	HbsAg Anti HCV LFTs PCR Abd. USG	Positive Positive Abnormal Positive Normal	Should be deferred and treatment be advised and come back when patient is sero-negative (6-12 months)
6	HbsAg Anti HCV LFTs PCR Abd. USG	Positive Positive Abnormal Positive Abnormal	UNFIT

3. All departments are accordingly requested to ensure that a person at the time of entry into Government service is not suffering from the type of Hepatitis B/C, the carrier of which has been declared medically unfit in keeping with the above instructions. For implementation of the decision, the medical examiners are required to also give their recommendations about fitness or otherwise of the candidate in respect of the said disease on the medical fitness certificate.