Emergency Medical and Dental Services.
Article 155
ART. 155. Emergency Medical and Dental Services. — It shall be the duty of any employer to furnish his employees in any locality with free medical and dental attendance and facilities consisting of: The services of a properly trained first-aider when the number of employees does not exceed two hundred (200) except when the employer maintains hazardous workplaces, in which case the services of a registered nurse or full-time graduate first-aider shall be provided for the protection of the workers; the Secretary of Labor shall determine by appropriate orders hazardous workplaces for purposes of this Article; The services of a full-time registered nurse, a part-time physician and dentist, and an emergency clinic, when the number of employees exceeds two hundred (200) but not more than three hundred (300); and The services of a full-time physician and dentist, a dental clinic, and an infirmary or emergency hospital with one bed capacity for every one hundred (100) employees, when the number of employees exceeds three hundred (300). In cases of hazardous workplaces, no employer shall engage the services of a physician or dentist who cannot stay in the premises of the establishment for at least two (2) hours, in the case of those engaged on part-time basis, and not less than eight (8) hours in the case of those employed on full-time basis. Where the undertaking is non-hazardous in nature, the physician and dentist may be engaged on retained basis, subject to such regulations as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe to insure immediate availability of medical and dental treatment and attendance in cases of emergency.