THE ALL INDIA SERVICES (MEDICAL ATTENDANCE) RULES,1954
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951(LXI of 1951), the Central Government, after consultation, with the Government of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules, namely:-
1. Short title and application-
(1) These rules may be called the All India Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1954.
(2) they shall apply to members of the Service while they are on duty or on leave or under suspension, within India [ ]
2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
2 (a) "authorised medical attendant" means the principal medical officer appointed by the Government to attend its officers in the station or district (where the member of the Service falls ill) and includes a medical officer who, in rank, is equal or immediately junior to such principal medical officer and who is attached to any hospital or dispensary in the station where such principal medical officer is posted:
Provided that if there is no principal medical officer appointed by the Government for the station at which or the district in which the member of the Service falls ill, the principal medical officer shall be the officer appointed by the Government of the State in which the station or district is situated
