3. The functions of the Institute shall be-
| (a) to provide medical services and assistance to drivers and operators operating or driving all categories of motor vehicles including heavy duty vehicles ; |
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| (b) to examine drivers and operators of all categories of motor vehicles including heavy duty vehicles and furnish certificates of physical and mental fitness to such drivers and operators ; |
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| (c) to carry out medical examinations on drivers and operators of all categories of motor vehicles including heavy duty vehicles and furnish recommendations regarding their suitability and fitness ; |
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| (d) to provide medical services and assistance in the cases of accidents involving any category of motor vehicles ; |
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| (e) to ensure either by itself or in consultation with other agencies, that motor vehicles of all descriptions are operated or driven only by persons who are physically and mentally fit and competent; |
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| (f) to appoint a panel of suitable medical officers to various districts and provinces for the purpose of discharging its functions ; |
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| (g) to render medical advice and recommendations on industrial hygine and industrial accidents ; |
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| (h) to provide advice and special guidelines relating to the quantum of compensation or damages payable in cases of accident; |
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| (i) to set standards and prescribe parameters regarding transport medicine to be adopted and implemented by the relevant implementing authorities ; and |
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| (j) to render medical services and assistance to the drivers and operators employed in companies formed under the Conversion of Public Corporations or Government owned Business Undertakings into Public Companies Act, No. 23 of 1987, public corporation and Private Omnibus Companies, registered under the National Transport Commission Act, No. 37 of 1991. |
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