National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Act, 2023
Bare Act · 2023
An Act to provide for regulation and maintenance of standards of education and services by nursing and midwifery professionals, assessment of institutions, maintenance of a National Register and State Registers and creation of a system to improve access, research and development and adoption of latest scientific advancement and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 26 of 2023
- Enacted
- 12 August 2023
- Contents
- 57 sections · 9 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II
- Section 3 – National Nursing and Midwifery Commission
- Section 4 – Composition of National Commission
- Section 5 – Search-cum Selection Committee for appointment of Chairperson and Members of National Commission
- Section 6 – Term of office and conditions of service of Chairperson and Members of National Commission (preview)
- Section 7 – Removal of Chairperson or Member of National Commission (preview)
- Section 8 – Secretary and other employees of National Commission (preview)
- Section 9 – Meetings of National Commission, administration, etc (preview)
- Section 10 – Powers and functions of National Commission (preview)
Chapter III — Autonomous Boards
- Section 11 – Autonomous Boards (preview)
- Section 12 – Composition of Autonomous Boards (preview)
- Section 13 – Term of office and conditions of service of President and Members (preview)
- Section 14 – Advisory committees of experts (preview)
- Section 15 – Staff of Autonomous Boards (preview)
- Section 16 – Meetings, etc., of Autonomous Boards (preview)
- Section 17 – Powers of Autonomous Boards and delegation of powers (preview)
- Section 18 – Powers and functions of Nursing and Midwifery Undergraduate and Postgraduate Education Board (preview)
- Section 19 – Powers and functions of Nursing and Midwifery Assessment and Rating Board (preview)
- Section 20 – Powers and functions of Nursing and Midwifery Ethics and Registration Board (preview)
- Section 21 – Permission for establishment of new nursing or midwifery institution (preview)
- Section 22 – Criteria for approving or disapproving proposal (preview)
Chapter IV — State Nursing And Midwifery Commissions
- Section 23 – Constitution and composition of State Nursing and Midwifery Commission (preview)
- Section 24 – Functions of State Commission (preview)
Chapter V — Registration
- Section 25 – National Register and State Register (preview)
- Section 26 – Rights of persons to have licence to practice and to be enrolled in National Register or State Register for Nursing and Midwifery Professionals and their obligations thereto (preview)
- Section 27 – Bar to practice (preview)
Chapter VI — Recognition Of Nursing And Midwifery Qualifications
- Section 28 – Recognition of nursing and Midwifery qualifications granted by Universities or nursing and midwifery institutions in India (preview)
- Section 29 – Recognition of nursing and midwifery qualifications granted by nursing and midwifery institutions outside India (preview)
- Section 30 – Recognition of nursing and midwifery qualifications granted by statutory or other body in India (preview)
- Section 31 – Withdrawal of recognition granted to nursing and midwifery qualification granted by nursing and midwifery institutions in India (preview)
- Section 32 – Special provision in certain cases for recognition of nursing and midwifery qualifications (preview)
- Section 33 – Derecognition of nursing and midwifery qualifications granted by nursing and midwifery institutions outside India (preview)
Chapter VII — Nursing And Midwifery Advisory Council
- Section 34 – Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Council (preview)
- Section 35 – Functions of Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Council (preview)
- Section 36 – Meetings of Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Council (preview)
Chapter VIII — Grants, Audit And Accounts
- Section 37 – Grants by Central Government (preview)
- Section 38 – National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Fund (preview)
- Section 39 – Audit and accounts (preview)
- Section 40 – Furnishing of returns and reports to Central Government (preview)
Chapter IX — Miscellaneous
- Section 41 – Power of Central Government to give directions to National Commission, Autonomous Boards and Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Council (preview)
- Section 42 – Power of Central Government to give directions to State Governments (preview)
- Section 43 – Power of National Commission to give directions to State Commissions (preview)
- Section 44 – Information to be furnished by National Commission and publication thereof (preview)
- Section 45 – Obligation of Universities and nursing and midwifery institutions (preview)
- Section 46 – Completion of courses of studies in nursing and midwifery institutions (preview)
- Section 47 – Chairperson, Members, officers of National Commission and of Autonomous Boards, to be public servants (preview)
- Section 48 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 49 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
- Section 50 – Power of Central Government to supersede National Commission (preview)
- Section 51 – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 52 – Power to make regulations (preview)
- Section 53 – Power of State Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 54 – Laying of rules, regulations and notifications before Parliament (preview)
- Section 55 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 56 – Repeal and saving (preview)
- Section 57 – Transitory provisions (preview)