Act Number: 15

Act Name: The National Commission for Homoeopathy Act, 2020.

Year: 2020

Enactment Date: 2020-09-20

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Ayush

Department:

Section 11: Constitution and composition of Advisory council for Homoeopathy.
    (1) The Central Government shall, by notification, constitute an advisory body to be known as the Advisory Council for Homoeopathy.
     (2) The Council shall consist of a Chairperson and the following Members, namely:--
         (a) the Chairperson of the Commission shall be the ex officio Chairperson of the Council;
         (b) every Member of the Commission shall be ex officio member of the Council;
         (c) one Member, to represent each State, who is the Vice-Chancellor of a University in that State, possessing qualifications in Homoeopathy, to be nominated by that State Government, and one member to represent each Union territory, who is the Vice- Chancellor of a University in that Union territory, possessing qualifications in Homoeopathy, to be nominated by the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Government of India:
     Provided that where the Vice-Chancellor possessing qualifications in Homoeopathy is not available, a Dean or Head of Faculty possessing qualificationsin Homoeopathy shall be nominated;
         (d) one member to represent each State and each Union territory from amongst elected members of the State Homoeopathy Medical Council, to be nominated by that State Medical Council;
         (e) the Chairman, University Grants Commission;
         (f) the Director, National Assessment and Accreditation Council;
         (g) four Members to be nominated by the Central Government from amongst persons holding the post of Director in the Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Management and the Indian Institute of Science;
         (h) the terms of non-ex officio Members in the Council shall be four years.
    
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