Medical-Standards-NRPL-2016 - Guidelines and Criteria for Physical Fitness for Pre-employment Medical Examination

Q: What is the aim of these pre-employment medical examination guidelines?

The guidelines aim to select candidates who are in good physical and mental health and are free from defects or disabilities likely to interfere with performance or safety in the workplace.

Q: Who is required to undergo the pre-employment medical examination?

Any person seeking appointment in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. on permanent, temporary, or deputation basis must undergo medical examination, and this forms part of the selection procedure for a particular post.

Q: What happens if a candidate is found temporarily unfit due to short-term sickness?

If the condition is curable within not more than eight weeks, HR informs the candidate for re-examination in the prescribed form, and the examining doctor declares the candidate medically fit after confirming recovery.

Sep 18, 2026

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Guidelines and criteria establish the purpose, scope, and process for conducting pre-employment medical examinations for applicants under Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. The document defines competent medical authorities, certification outcomes (fit, unfit, temporarily unfit), document handling, and re-examination procedures. It also specifies key medical assessment items such as blood pressure thresholds, cardiovascular considerations, ophthalmic and color vision testing, audiometric screening, ear health, pregnancy-related temporary unfitness, and required radiological and laboratory investigations.

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GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS FOR PRE-EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION 1. AIM: 1.1 The aim of these guidelines is to select, for a particular post, a person who must be in good physical and mental health and must be free from any physical defect or disability that is likely to interfere with efficient performance of the duties and / or safety of the plants, machinery or co-workers. 2. SCOPE: 2.1 Any person seeking appointment in the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. whether in a permanent, temporary or deputation basis shall be required to undergo medical examination. 2.2 The Pre-employment medical examination shall be a part of the selection procedure of a candidate for a particular post except in respect of Engineers / Officers recruited through All India Open Advertisement. 2.3 An employee already in the service of the Corporation who is selected for different post whether on the basis of open recruitment or other wise, employees of Central Govt. , State Govt. and public sectors joining the Corporation will also undergo medical examination under these guidelines. 2.4 Placement from Non-technical areas to technical areas will require fresh medical examination. 3. PROCEDURE FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION: 3.1 Medical Examination as prescribed under these guidelines will be conducted by Corporation’s Medical officer / Authorized Medical Officer / Designated Nominated Hospitals only, who shall be the competent authority to certify a candidate as Medically Fit / Unfit / Temporarily Unfit. However, IOCL reserves the right to re-examine or review a medical report. 3.2 The Photograph of the candidate shall be forwarded to the Medical Department duly attested by the HR department. 3.3 Left Hand fingerprints / impressions: Examining doctor should get the impressions of all the fingers of the left hand on the space provided for the same and get duly signed by the candidate. 3.4 Where no facilities are available for conducting certain medical examination/tests, the candidate will be referred to competent medical practitioners/specialists /laboratories, which will be at the discretion of the examining medical authority. 3.5 In such cases, Corporation shall reimburse the charges for consultation / tests on production of necessary money receipts duly countersigned by the Corporation’s medical officer. 3.6 The Corporation’s Medical authority will complete the pre-employment medical examination fitness certificate as given in the Pre-Employment Examination Part-III declaring the candidate fit or unfit or temporarily unfit, as the case may be. The certificate will be signed by both, the examining doctor and the Chief Medical Officer (HOD) of the unit. The medical department will retain the medical report for Occupational Health Records. 3.7 Where a candidate is found to be temporarily unfit by reason of short term sickness which is curable within a period of not more than eight weeks, the candidate will be informed by HR department for re-examination on advice from doctor in the prescribed form as given in Pre-Employment Examination Part-IV. The examining doctor, on satisfying himself during re-examination that the short-term disease is cured, will declare the candidate tobe medically Fit. 3.8 Any Lymphadenopathy should be thoroughly investigated to rule out any chronic Granulomatous disease like Tuberculosis, Sarcoidosis and Blood Dyscrasias. 3.9 The limits of Blood Pressure will be assessed as: Normotension < 140 mm of Hg. SBP and < 90 mm of Hg. DBP. Candidate diagnosed as Hypertensive will be further investigated. 3.10 Dextrocardia without any symptoms per se does not disqualify for employment, however presence of other congenital anomalies should be looked for, and decision for fitness should be made accordingly. 3.11 Fundus examination should be carried out by Ophthalmologist. 3.12 Color vision shall be tested with ISHIHARA PLATES in good normal light for all candidates. 3.13 For Partial col

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What is the aim of these pre-employment medical examination guidelines?

The guidelines aim to select candidates who are in good physical and mental health and are free from defects or disabilities likely to interfere with performance or safety in the workplace.

Who is required to undergo the pre-employment medical examination?

Any person seeking appointment in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. on permanent, temporary, or deputation basis must undergo medical examination, and this forms part of the selection procedure for a particular post.

What happens if a candidate is found temporarily unfit due to short-term sickness?

If the condition is curable within not more than eight weeks, HR informs the candidate for re-examination in the prescribed form, and the examining doctor declares the candidate medically fit after confirming recovery.

Sep 18, 2026

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