What Form 27 is, which rule prescribes it, who maintains and signs it, how often workers are examined, and how we support factories in Uttar Pradesh with on-site examination batches and documentation.
Form 27 is the Health Register prescribed by the Uttar Pradesh Factories Rules, 1950, framed under the Factories Act, 1948 and enforced by the Directorate of Factories, Labour Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Duties of Certifying Surgeon: visits factories carrying on dangerous operations at the prescribed intervals, examines the workers and records the results in the Health Register kept by the manager; may suspend a worker by an entry in the register. Individual dangerous-operation schedules prescribe the register — Form 27 in the majority of schedules (Form 17 in the dichromate schedule).
Form 27 is also the register in which the Factory Medical Officer records the pre-employment and periodic examinations of workers in a hazardous process — Rule 63-I (Medical Examination, under Sections 41-B, 41-C and 112): workers in a hazardous process are examined by the Factory Medical Officer once before employment and once every six months; details recorded in the Health Register in Form 27; no first employment without a Certificate of Fitness in Form 26; findings of abnormality reported to the Certifying Surgeon..
Verified against the official Uttar Pradesh government text: Form 27 Health Register (Rule 63-I and the dangerous-operation schedules), Form 26 Certificate of Fitness; Form 17 register in the dichromate schedule only.
The Uttar Pradesh Factories Rules, 1950, made under Section 112 of the Factories Act, 1948 and enforced by the Directorate of Factories, Labour Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Duties of Certifying Surgeon: visits factories carrying on dangerous operations at the prescribed intervals, examines the workers and records the results in the Health Register kept by the manager; may suspend a worker by an entry in the register. Individual dangerous-operation schedules prescribe the register — Form 27 in the majority of schedules (Form 17 in the dichromate schedule).
The factory manager keeps Form 27 on the premises, produces it to the Certifying Surgeon at each visit and to the Inspector on demand. Form 27 register and Form 26 certificates kept in the custody of the manager and readily available for inspection; workers may apply for a copy of their health record.
The Certifying Surgeon appointed or authorised by the State Government under Section 10 of the Factories Act, 1948. An AFIH-qualified Factory Medical Officer does not sign the dangerous-operation entries unless that doctor also holds the Certifying Surgeon appointment.
Whenever the factory employs workers in any operation notified as dangerous under Section 87 and the schedules to the Uttar Pradesh Factories Rules, 1950 — from the first examination after employment and at every periodic examination thereafter.
Schedules (lead, glass manufacture and bangle processes, chemical works, silica/abrasive blasting, solvents and others) require Certifying Surgeon examination within 14–15 days of first employment and re-examination every 12 months (three-monthly for certain chemical exposures), with Form 26 certificates and Form 27 entries.
Worker identity and job, the process, the date and result of each examination by the Certifying Surgeon including the nature and results of tests, fitness or unfitness, any suspension with its period and reasons, and re-certification with the Certifying Surgeon's signature and date.
Hazardous process: pre-employment, then every 6 months (Rule 63-I). Dangerous operations: within 14–15 days of first employment, then every 12 months or as the schedule prescribes.
Form 27 is also the register in which the Factory Medical Officer records the pre-employment and periodic examinations of workers in a hazardous process — Rule 63-I (Medical Examination, under Sections 41-B, 41-C and 112): workers in a hazardous process are examined by the Factory Medical Officer once before employment and once every six months; details recorded in the Health Register in Form 27; no first employment without a Certificate of Fitness in Form 26; findings of abnormality reported to the Certifying Surgeon.. The FMO — typically an AFIH-qualified doctor — also runs the Occupational Health Centre (Occupational Health Centre and whole-time medical officer provisions for hazardous-process factories and factories employing 250 or more persons in certain schedules (for example the chemical-works schedule).) and reports abnormalities to the Certifying Surgeon.
The Certifying Surgeon performs the dangerous-operation examinations, signs the register and certificates, suspends and re-admits workers, and gives the final opinion on appeals against the Factory Medical Officer's findings.
Yes. The rules require the manager to provide a clean, ventilated, furnished room for the Certifying Surgeon's exclusive use during examinations at the factory. Our batches are organised on site.
We map your processes to the Uttar Pradesh Factories Rules, 1950 schedules, run the on-site batch with AFIH-qualified doctors and technicians (Per schedule — clinical examination, pulmonary function test and chest X-ray (silica, glass), blood/urine lead, exfoliative cytology of urine for certain chemical processes, cholinesterase for pesticide manufacture, routine pathology.), coordinate the Certifying Surgeon's visit, prepare the Form 27 entries and certificates for signature and deliver digital records, statistics and a recall calendar.
We review your factory licence and process list against the Uttar Pradesh Factories Rules, 1950 to confirm which workers fall under Form 27 and which tests and intervals apply.
AFIH-qualified occupational-health doctors and technicians examine workers at your premises; where the schedule requires the Certifying Surgeon, we coordinate their visit as part of the same batch.
Entries are prepared in the prescribed Form 27 format with the correct signatory, together with the Certificates of Fitness, ready for the authority's inspection.
You receive a digital copy, de-identified batch statistics and a due-date tracker for the next periodic examination.
Yes — Uttar Pradesh uses Form 27 for both the Certifying Surgeon's dangerous-operation examinations and the Factory Medical Officer's hazardous-process examinations, with different certificates of fitness (Form 26 (Certificate of Fitness); hazardous process: Form 26).
Only if that doctor is also appointed or authorised as a Certifying Surgeon by the State Government. The AFIH qualification alone does not confer that authority. We provide AFIH-qualified doctors for the Factory Medical Officer role and coordinate Certifying Surgeons for Form 27.
Uttar Pradesh Factories Rules, 1950 — official text published by the Government of Uttar Pradesh (s3waas.gov.in) (last checked 2026-09-12). This is the official government text.
Send us your process list and headcount and we will scope the examination batch and documentation.
Status: Verified against official text · Last checked: 2026-09-12. Source: Uttar Pradesh Factories Rules, 1950 — official text published by the Government of Uttar Pradesh (s3waas.gov.in).
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.
