Section 75A in The Goa, Daman and Diu Public Health Act, 1985
75A. [ Screening of migrant labourers at construction sites. [New sections 75A and 75AA have been inserted by Amendment Act, 1996 (Act 14 of 1996).]
- All migrant labourers who are brought from other States shall be screened for Malaria at the nearest Health Centre or mobile squads of National Malaria Eradication Programme. The Health Officer/Medical Officer I/c of the Directorate of Health Services shall then issue a health card with photograph certifying his present status of Malaria. No labourer shall be engaged by the contractor at the construction sites unless he has a health card. Similar screenings for Malaria shall be done once in every 3 months. The responsibility of obtaining the health card shall rest entirely on the labourer.
