Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement.

The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020

Act 14 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 medical professionals of Indian System of Medicine in all parts of the country; that promotes equitable and universal healthcare that encourages community health perspective and makes services of such medical professionals accessible and affordable to all the citizens; that promotes national health goals; that encourages such 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 medical register of Indian System of Medicine 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) This Act may be called the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India.
     (3) It shall come into force on such date¹ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
     Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

Notes

¹. 7th October, 2020-- S. 3,4,5,6,8,11,18,19,20,21,54 and 55 vide notification No. S.O. 3483(E), dated 7th October, 2020, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).
11th June, 2021— (All the remaining provisions) vide notification No. S.O. 2278(E), dated 11th June, 2021. see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).