Medical Board is setup to assess the exact extent of disablement caused to the workers at their workplaces due to an employment injury or occupational disease and to assess the loss of earning capacity in order to provide cash compensation under ESI Scheme.

Each Medical Board shall normally consist of three Medical Officers and one of them be nominated as Chairman. Among them one is a Specialist in the branch of Medicine from which an IP, to be examined is suffering.

The number of Medical Boards required to be constituted in each State will depend upon the number of Insured Persons and the areas and the distances between these areas.