Act Number: 14

Act Name: The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021

Year: 2021

Enactment Date: 2021-03-28

Long Title: An Act to provide for regulation and maintenance of standards of education and services by allied and healthcare professionals, assessment of institutions, maintenance of a Central Register and State Register and creation of a system to improve access, research and development and adoption of latest scientific advancement and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 42: Recognition of allied and healthcare qualifications by State Council.
     42. Recognition of allied and healthcare qualifications by State Council.—(1) The State Council shall cause to verify the standards of any allied and healthcare institution where education in the recognised category is given, or to attend any examination held by any educational or research institution for the purpose of recognition of allied and healthcare qualifications by that allied and healthcare institution in such manner as may be specified by regulations.
    (2) The verification made under sub-section (1) shall not interfere with the conduct of any training or examination, but shall be for the purpose of reporting to the State Council on the adequacy of the standards of education including staff, equipment, accommodation, training and other facilities for giving education in the recognised categories, as the case may be, or on the sufficiency of every examination which they attend.
    (3) The State Council shall forward a copy of the report of verification of standards to the allied and healthcare institution concerned and a copy with remarks of the institution hereon to the Commission.
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