Bill excludes Jammu and Kashmir from healthcare regulation
This Bill aims to regulate the education and services of allied and healthcare professionals in India and establish a Central Register for them. It creates a regulatory framework to maintain standards in these professions.
Allied and healthcare professionals (including technicians, therapists, scientists, and others providing diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive services), allied and healthcare educational institutions, and the newly created Allied and Healthcare Council of India and State Allied and Healthcare Councils.
- Constitution of the Allied and Healthcare Council of India (AHC) as a body corporate.
- Constitution of State Allied and Healthcare Councils.
- Maintenance of a Central Allied and Healthcare Professionals' Register and State Registers.
- Definition of 'allied health professional' requiring a qualification of at least 2,000 hours.
- Definition of 'healthcare professional' requiring a qualification of at least 3,600 hours.
- Provisions for the recognition of institutions and reciprocity.
- Power to grant permission for the establishment of new allied and healthcare institutions and courses.
- Penalties for falsely claiming registration, misuse of titles, and failure to surrender registration certificates.
- Exclusion of the State of Jammu and Kashmir from the Act's extent.
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Where this law is now — Withdrawn
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Document details
| Official title | THE ALLIED AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS BILL, 2018 |
| Source body | Parliament of India — Bills (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha) |
| Reference number | LX |
| Status | closed (bill) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 1 |