National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021
Bare Act · 2021
An Act to provide for regulation and maintenance of standards of education and services by allied and health care professionals, assessment of institutions, maintenance of a Central Register and State Register and creation of a system to improve access, research and development and adoption of latest scientific advancement and formatters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 14 of 2021
- Enacted
- 28 March 2021
- Contents
- 71 sections · 8 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — National Commission For Allied And Healthcare Profession
- Section 3 – Constitution and composition of Commission
- Section 4 – Term of office and conditions of service of Members
- Section 5 – Resignation and removal of Members
- Section 6 – Cessation of membership and filling up of casual vacancy of Member (preview)
- Section 7 – Meetings of Commission (preview)
- Section 8 – Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Commission (preview)
- Section 9 – Officers and other employees of Commission (preview)
- Section 10 – Professional Councils (preview)
- Section 11 – Functions of Commission (preview)
- Section 12 – National Allied and Healthcare Advisory Council (preview)
- Section 13 – Central Allied and Healthcare Professionals' Register (preview)
- Section 14 – Privileges for enrolment on Central Register (preview)
- Section 15 – Rights of persons who are enrolled on Central Register (preview)
- Section 16 – Registration in Central Register (preview)
- Section 17 – Issue of certificate of registration (preview)
- Section 18 – Registration of additional qualifications (preview)
- Section 19 – Removal of name from Central Register (preview)
- Section 20 – Interim Commission (preview)
- Section 21 – Search-cum-Selection Committee (preview)
Chapter III — State Allied And Healthcare Council
- Section 22 – Constitution and composition of State Council (preview)
- Section 23 – Terms and conditions of service of Member (preview)
- Section 24 – Resignation and removal of Member (preview)
- Section 25 – Cessation of membership and filling up of casual vacancy of Member (preview)
- Section 26 – Meetings of State Council (preview)
- Section 27 – Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of State Council (preview)
- Section 28 – Officers and other employees of State Council (preview)
- Section 29 – Constitution and functions of Autonomous Boards (preview)
- Section 30 – Functions of State Council (preview)
- Section 31 – Constitution of Advisory Board (preview)
- Section 32 – State Allied and Healthcare Professionals' Register (preview)
- Section 33 – Registration in State Register (preview)
- Section 34 – Issue of duplicate certificates (preview)
- Section 35 – Renewal of name of Allied and Healthcare professionals in the State Register (preview)
- Section 36 – Removal of name of a person from State Register (preview)
- Section 37 – Restoration of name of a person in the State Register (preview)
- Section 38 – Recognition of persons offering services prior to commencement of Act (preview)
Chapter IV — Recognition And Reciprocity
Chapter V — Estatblishment Of New Allied And Healthcare Institution
- Section 40 – Permission for establishment of new allied and healthcare institutions, new courses of study, etc (preview)
- Section 41 – Power to require information from allied and healthcare institutions (preview)
- Section 42 – Recognition of allied and healthcare qualifications by State Council (preview)
- Section 43 – Withdrawal of recognition (preview)
- Section 44 – Failure to maintain minimum essential standards by allied and healthcare institutions (preview)
Chapter VI — Finance, Accounts And Audit
- Section 45 – Grants by Central Government (preview)
- Section 46 – National Allied and Healthcare Fund (preview)
- Section 47 – Accounts and audit of Commission (preview)
- Section 48 – Annual report of Commission (preview)
- Section 49 – Returns and information (preview)
- Section 50 – Grants by State Government (preview)
- Section 51 – State Allied and Healthcare Council Fund (preview)
- Section 52 – Accounts and audit of State Council (preview)
- Section 53 – Annual report of State Council (preview)
- Section 54 – Authentication of orders, etc (preview)
- Section 55 – Practice by allied and healthcare professionals (preview)
Chapter VII — Offences And Penalties
- Section 56 – Penalty for falsely claiming to be entered in Central Register and State Register (preview)
- Section 57 – Misuse of titles (preview)
- Section 58 – Failure to surrender certificate of registration (preview)
- Section 58A – Adjudication of penalties (preview)
- Section 59 – Penalty for contravention of provisions of Act (preview)
- Section 60 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
Chapter VIII — Miscellaneous
- Section 61 – Bar of jurisdiction (preview)
- Section 62 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 63 – Direction by Central Government (preview)
- Section 64 – Act to have overriding effect (preview)
- Section 65 – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 66 – Power to make regulations (preview)
- Section 67 – Laying of rules and regulations (preview)
- Section 68 – Power of State Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 69 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 70 – Power to amend Schedule (preview)