Section 36

Recognition of qualifications granted by medical institutions outside India.

The National Commission for Homoeopathy Act, 2020.

Act 15 of 2020
Ministry of Ayush

About this Act

An Act to provide for a medical education system that improves access to quality and affordable medical education, ensures availability of adequate and high quality Homoeopathy medical professionals in all parts of the country; that promotes equitable and universal healthcare that encourages community health perspective and makes services of Homoeopathy medical professionals accessible and affordable to all the citizens; that promotes national health goals; that encourages Homoeopathy medical professionals to adopt latest medical research in their work and to contribute to research; that has an objective periodic and transparent assessment of medical institutions and facilitates maintenance of a Homoeopathy medical register for India and enforces high ethical standards in all aspects of medical services; that is flexible to adapt to the changing needs and has an effective grievance redressal mechanism and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

All sections

    (1) Where an authority in any country outside India which, by the law of that country, is entrusted with the recognition of qualifications of Homoeopathy in that country, makes an application to the Commission for granting recognition to such qualification in India, the Commission may,subject to such verification asit deems necessary, either grant or refuse to grant recognition to that medical qualification.
     (2) Where the Commission grants recognition to any medical qualification under sub-section (1), such qualification shall be a recognised qualification for the purposes of this Act and shall be included in the list maintained by the Commission in such manner as may be specified:
     Provided that in case the Commission decides not to grant recognition to any qualification, the Commission shall give a reasonable opportunity of being heard to such authority before refusing to grant such recognition.
     (3) Where the Commission refuses to grant recognition to a medical qualification undersub-section (2), the authority concernedmay prefer an appeal to theCentral Government for grant of recognition.
     (4) All qualifications which have been recognised before the date of commencement of this Act and are included in the Third Schedule to the Homoeopathy Central Council, Act, 1973 (59 of 1973) shall also be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act and shall be listed and maintained by the Commission in such manner as may be specified by regulations.