First Aid Box Essentials: What Are the Legal Guidelines for Medicines at Work?

I need your contribution regarding the first aid box on the below-mentioned points. Please share your suggestions, guidance, and knowledge about the same to enhance our knowledge power in General Administration.

- In the first aid box, what medicines need to be kept?
- Is it legally approved to keep tablets, syrups, and edible medicines in the first aid box?
- Is it legally approved to distribute edible medicines, i.e., tablets, gel, to employees when they feel sick?
- Is there any decided place where the first aid box needs to be kept?

Looking forward to your valuable comments. Also, please share if there are any government notifications regarding the same.

Regards,

1. Usually, the first aid box is used for injuries (accident and incident issues), so maintain the tablets and drugs accordingly. You can add fever tablets, tablets for indigestion, and headache relief.
2. It doesn't require any legal approval, but be careful about the expiry date.
3. Please keep it where the employees gather, or else it should be easily accessible to employees.

Thank you.

Factories Act and First Aid Regulations

The Factories Act has a detailed section on first aid. Have a look at it. Take a look at the relevant rules of your state. It contains all the details you need.

Sorry, I did not understand what you meant.

Clarification on First Aid Box Regulations

The information on first aid boxes is given in factory rules in detail. Do you have some points or queries that are not covered or clear in the factory rules? If so, please tell me which one it is. We cover the scrutiny of first aid boxes at our audits and can help.

Which state is the factory in?