(1) In every case of medical examination under these rules, the Medical Authority shall before arriving at its decision, take into consideration the age, general health, medical history and period of habituation to taking opium and any other matter as it deems fit and may make such clinical examination of the applicant and carry out such test as it deemed necessary. The medical authority may also take into consideration any statement made by the applicant or any fact or observation recorded in writing by the personal Medical Advisor of the applicant produced by him.
(2) A record of the medical examination of the applicant under these rules shall be kept by the Medical Authority in Form ND / ME. The document, if any, produced by the applicant shall form part of the record. The record of the medical examination in Form ND / ME with the document referred to above shall be forwarded to the Collector immediately after the medical examination is completed.