Factories Act, 1948 as extended to the UT (October 2019) and UT Factories Rules · Labour Department (Factories and Boilers), Government of Jammu and Kashmir · Pan-India service, headquartered in Mumbai.
Jammu and Kashmir's factories are concentrated in the Bari Brahmana, Samba, Kathua and Gangyal industrial estates (pharmaceuticals, cement, steel, food processing) and the Khonmoh, Lassipora and Rangreth estates in the Kashmir valley (food processing, handicrafts, cement, IT hardware).
Statutory medical surveillance in Jammu and Kashmir follows the Factories Act, 1948 as implemented through the Factories Act, 1948 as extended to the UT (October 2019) and UT Factories Rules: pre-employment and periodic examinations of workers in hazardous processes by a Factory Medical Officer, Certifying Surgeon examinations for notified dangerous operations, a Health Register and Certificates of Fitness in the state-prescribed format, and an Occupational Health Centre scaled to the workforce. Nodal Healthcare delivers all of this as an on-site programme.
| Applicable rules | Factories Act, 1948 as extended to the UT (October 2019) and UT Factories Rules — name and year under verification |
|---|---|
| Enforcing authority | Labour Department (Factories and Boilers), Government of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Central framework | Factories Act, 1948 — Section 10 (Certifying Surgeons), Section 41-C (hazardous-process medical examinations and health records), Section 87 (dangerous operations) |
| Prescribed Health Register / Certificate forms | Not published here yet — requires primary-source verification. We confirm the state-prescribed forms with the enforcing authority for each client before the batch. |
| Verification status | Framework published — forms under verification · last checked 2026-09-12 |
The occupier of a factory carrying on a hazardous process must maintain accurate and up-to-date health records of workers exposed to hazardous substances, and arrange medical examinations before employment and at periodic intervals by a qualified medical practitioner (the Factory Medical Officer), with an Occupational Health Centre as the state rules prescribe.
For operations notified as dangerous, the State Government prescribes periodic medical examinations by the Certifying Surgeon appointed under Section 10, who records results in the state's Health Register and may suspend a worker from the process.
The Factories Act, 1948 as extended to the UT (October 2019) and UT Factories Rules prescribe the Health Register, Certificate of Fitness and related forms, examination intervals and Occupational Health Centre scale. We publish those numbers only after reading the official text; until then we confirm them with the Labour Department (Factories and Boilers), Government of Jammu and Kashmir for each client.
We map your process list to the Factories Act, 1948 as extended to the UT (October 2019) and UT Factories Rules to determine which workers need pre-employment, six-monthly or annual examinations and which tests apply.
Occupational-health physicians holding the DGFASLI-recognised AFIH qualification conduct the Factory Medical Officer examinations and support your Occupational Health Centre.
Where a schedule requires the State-appointed Certifying Surgeon, we coordinate their visit and examinations as part of the same programme, subject to the appointment rules in Jammu and Kashmir.
Completed registers and certificates in the state-prescribed format, a digital copy, due-date recall and de-identified batch statistics for management.
The central Factories Act, 1948 was extended to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in October 2019, replacing the earlier state legislation, and is enforced by the UT's Labour Department through its Factories and Boilers wing. The Act requires hazardous-process workers to be medically examined before employment and periodically with health records and an Occupational Health Centre (Section 41-C), and dangerous-operation workers to be examined by a Certifying Surgeon (Section 87), with rules prescribing the forms. We are confirming which rules and forms currently apply in the UT against an official source before publishing them. The Bari Brahmana–Samba–Kathua pharmaceutical, cement and steel units are the principal hazardous-process employers. Nodal Healthcare can organise on-site examination batches in Jammu and Kashmir with AFIH-qualified doctors and coordinate Certifying Surgeons through the UT authority where required.
Send us your process list and headcount — we will map the applicable rules, tests and frequency and quote an on-site batch.
Status: Framework published — forms under verification · Last checked: 2026-09-12. Source: Official text pending. Enforcing authority: Labour Department (Factories and Boilers), Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Rules change — we re-check each state periodically and confirm current requirements before every batch.
Nodal Healthcare provides occupational-health services through qualified medical professionals. AFIH-qualified doctors and Factory Medical Officers are not, by virtue of that qualification, Certifying Surgeons; Certifying Surgeons are appointed or authorised by the State Government under Section 10 of the Factories Act, 1948. Where a statutory provision requires a Certifying Surgeon or other authority-approved practitioner, we coordinate compliant services through appropriately qualified, authorised or empanelled professionals, subject to the applicable state rules and appointment requirements. Content on this page is a general guide and not legal advice; always confirm current requirements with the competent state authority.
