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 59: Transitory provisions.
    (1) The Commission shall be the successor in interest to the Central Council of Homoeopathy including its subsidiaries or owned trusts and all the assets and liabilities of the Central Council of Homoeopathy shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Commission.
     (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Homoeopathy Central Council Act 1973, the educational and medical standards, requirements and other provisions of the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 and the rules and regulations made thereunder shall continue to be in force and operate till new standards or requirements are specified under this Act or the rules and regulations made thereunder:
     Provided that anything done or any action taken as regards the educational and medical standards and requirements under the enactment under repeal and the rules and regulations made thereunder shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provision of this Act and shall continue in force accordingly unless and until superseded by anything or by any action taken under this Act.
     (3) The Central Government may take such measures, as may be necessary, for the smooth transition of the dissolved Central Council of Homoeopathy to the corresponding to new Commission under this Act.
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