Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

Government of India

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THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STANDARDS OF THE CLINICAL ESTABLISHMENTS REGISTRATION AND REGULATION BILL, 2007

INVITES FEEDBACK ON

Draft Format for Provisional Registration of Clinical Establishments

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The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has drafted a bill on “THE CLINICAL ESTABLISHMENTS REGISTRATION AND REGULATION BILL, 2007” to enact a comprehensive legislative framework for the registration and regulation of clinical establishments in the country. It is aimed to provide among others minimum standards for facilities and services with a view to standardizing health care services and for achieving improvement of public health.

Under the aegis of the National Council of Standards, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has developed a format for registration of clinical establishments. As per the Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2007 clinical establishment would include ‘hospitals, maternity home, nursing home, dispensary, clinics etc. and similar facilities with beds that offer diagnosis, treatment or care for illness or injury or pregnancy in any recognised system of medicine (allopathy, yoga, naturopathy, ayurveda, homoeopathy, siddha and unani). It also includes any laboratory (either established as independent entity or part of an establishment) which offers pathological, bacteriological, genetic, radiological, chemical, biological and other diagnostic or investigative services. Furthermore, the establishment can be owned by the Government or department of the Government, a Trust (public or private), a Corporation (including a cooperative society), a local authority and a single doctor establishment’.

The National Council of Standards is in the process of developing various formats for the registration of clinical establishments. These formats are being developed in a participatory manner by members of the Council. The registration format seeks information regarding the profile of the clinical establishment, infrastrucutre, facilities offered, human resources among other aspects. The Council is keen on receiving suggestions from the concerned stakeholders before finalizing the same.

The detailed format and other details are available at www.mohfw.nic.in (Click Here)

It is requested that feedbacks/comments/suggestions on the draft application format on provisional registration may be sent to the following e-Mail ID (l.sonar@nic.in and/or mishragayatri2001@yahoo.com latest by 31^st of January, 2009.

For further information please contact:

Gayatri Mishra

Deputy Secretary (Hospitals)

MoH&FW, GoI

Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi

Telefax: +91 11 23062068