Factories Act, 1948
45. First-aid appliances
(1) There shall in every factory be provided and maintained so
as to be readily accessible during all working hours first-aid boxes or
cupboards, equipped with the prescribed contents, and the number of such boxes
or cupboards to be provided and maintained shall not be less than one for every
one hundred and fifty workers ordinarily employed 3[at any one time]
in the factory.
64 [(2) Nothing except the prescribed contents shall be kept
in a first-aid box or cupboard.
(3) Each first-aid box or cupboard shall be kept in the charge
of a separate responsible person 65[who holds a certificate in
first-aid treatment recognized by the State Government] and who shall always be
readily available during the working hours of the factory].
66 [(4)] In every factory wherein more than five hundred
workers are 67[ordinarily employed] there shall be provided and
maintained an ambulance room of the prescribed size, containing the prescribed
equipment and in the charge of such medical and nursing staff as may be
prescribed 68[and those facilities shall always be made readily
available during the working hours of the factory].