IISD Model Contract Clauses for Responsible Investment in Agriculture:

Customizable legal provisions to help implement international best practices, principles, and guidance on responsible agricultural investment

34. Health and Medical Care

 

34.1 The Company shall construct, maintain, and operate a [hospital]/[clinic]/[health center]/[insert other health or medical facility] to serve Workers and their Dependents [and the Local Community], using modern health devices and equipment and practising modern health procedures and precautions, in accordance with Applicable Law and accepted international medical standards.

34.2 The Company shall provide, free of charge:

(a) annual medical examinations at the Project Area to Workers [and members of the Local Community];

(b) medical treatment on demand to Workers suffering a work-related accident, injury, or illness; and

(c) regular medical examinations to pregnant and nursing mothers and their children under the age of 5 who are [Dependents of Workers]/[Members of the Local Community].

34.3 The Company shall facilitate Workers and their Dependents to access specialized care beyond the Project Area where necessary.

34.4 The Company shall establish and implement policies to prevent and deal with the spread of infectious and contagious diseases in and around the immediate Project Area. In the event of an epidemic, pandemic, or outbreak of disease, the Company shall work with the local authorities in taking measures to ensure health and safety within the Project Area.

34.5 The Company shall facilitate access for Workers and their Dependents to gender-based violence protection services operated by public, private, or civilian institutions.

34.6 The Company shall contribute [insert amount and currency] annually to a government-administered and operated education program in the Project Area, with priority for children who are [members of the Local Community]/[Dependents].


For more information: See generally IISD, 2014, Sections 8.1.7 (Housing) and 8.1.8 (Medical Facilities).

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