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 26: Powers and functions of Homoeopathy Education Board.
    (1) The Homoeopathy Education Board shall perform the following functions, namely:--
         (a) determine the standards of education at the undergraduate, post-graduate and super-speciality levels and oversee all aspects of relating thereto;
         (b) develop a competency based dynamic curriculum for Homoeopathy at all levels in accordance with the regulations made under this Act, in such manner that it develops appropriate skill, knowledge, attitude, values and ethics among the post- graduate and super-speciality students and enables them to provide healthcare, to impart medical education and to conduct medical research;
         (c) frame guidelines on setting up of medical institutions for imparting undergraduate, postgraduate and super-speciality courses in Homoeopathy, having regard to the needs of the country, the global norms and the regulations made under this Act;
         (d) determine minimum requirements and standards for conducting of courses and examinations in medical institutions, having regard to the needs of creativity at local levels and the regulations made under this Act;
         (e) determine standards and norms for infrastructure, faculty and quality of education and research in medical institutions of Homoeopathy, in accordance with the regulations made under this Act;
         (f) specify norms for compulsory annual disclosure, electronically and otherwise, by medical institutions of Homoeopathy in respect of their functions that has a bearing on the interest of various stakeholders including students, faculty, the Commission and the Government;
         (g) facilitate development and training of faculty Members;
         (h) facilitate research programmes;
         (i) grant recognition to medical qualifications of Homoeopathy at all levels.
     (2) The Homoeopathy Education Board may, in the discharge of its functions, make such recommendations to, and seek such directions from, the Commission, as it deems necessary.
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