Pension Rule No.56: Rules Regarding Medical Certificate
56. Rules Regarding Medical Certificate:-
The medical certificate for incapacity shall be certified by the medical authority as under: –
(i) If the railway servant is serving abroad or is on leave out of India, by a Medical Board to be convened for the purpose by the concerned India Mission abroad which shall consist of a physician, a surgeon and an ophthalmologist all of whom shall have consultant status and are drawn from the doctors approved for the mission concerned:
Provided that, a lady doctor shall be included as a member of such Medical Board whenever a female railway servant is to be examined.
(ii) If the railway servant is in India –
(a) By the Medical Officer in-charge of the District or Division if the railway servant holds a Group ‘D’ or Group ‘C’ post but whose pay does not exceed twenty-one thousand rupees per mensum.
[Authority: RBE No.97/2013, No.2011/F(E)III/1(1)9, 23.09.2013]
(b) In all other cases by a Medical Board consisting of three District or Divisional Medical Officers, each in Senior Scale, but if this is not feasible, one or two members may be the Chief Medical Officer or the Civil or Presidency Surgeon or a specialist on the staff of a recognized Medical Institution but as far as possible one of the member of such Board shall be a physician another a surgeon and the third being a specialist in the required lines..
Note: An Assistant Medical Officer in independent charge of a District or Division may be co-opted as a member of the Medical Board, in case there is any difficulty in constituting the Board of three Senior Scale/Medical Officers:
Provided that if the railway servant is posted at Delhi or New Delhi in the Railway Board or in the Railway Liaison Office and is governed by the Civil (not Railways) Medical rules, the medical authority will be such as the Chairman or the Central Standing Medical Board, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital or Safderjang Hospital, New Delhi, may determine unless the medical examination is to be conducted at a place other than Delhi or New Delhi, in which case the medical authority shall be such as the Head of the Department may determine.