Arunachal Pradesh Health Establishment Act, 2002
No: 3 Dated: Jan, 01 2002
THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH HEALTH ESTABLISHMENT ACT, 2002
(Act No.3 of 2002)
An Act to regulate the health establishment to provide better provision with respect to medical-health care of the people through these establishments and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Preamble. - Whereas it is expedient to regulate the health establishments to provide better provision with respect to medical-health care of the people through these establishments and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh in the Fifty Third year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. Short title, and Commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Arunachal pradesh Health Establishments Act, 2002.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Arunachal Pradesh.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may,by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definition. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) "Clinical laboratory" means an establishment where test are carried out for biological, pathological, microbiological, biochemical, radiological or any other method analogous any to test carried our for diagnosis of disease and health condition.
(b) "Government" means the Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
(c) "health establishment' means a nursing home, a research institute, a hospital, dental clinic a maternity home, a physical therapy establishment, a clinic laboratory or, an establishment of analogous to any of them ;
(d) "Health Authority" means State Health Authority constituted under section 4 ;
(e) "Licensing Authority" means State health Authority other Authority authorised by the State Government for issue of licence.
(f) "Maternity Home" means an establishment or premises where woman are usually received or accommodated or both for providing ante-natal or post-natal medical or health care services in connection with pregnancy and child birth ;
(g) "Medical practitioner" means a person who possesses medical Qualification Prescribed in the Indian medical Council, Act, 1956, Indian Medicine and Central Council Act, 1970 and the Homoeopathic Central Council Act, 1973 an who has been Registered as a medical practitioner in the Register as provided in the aforementioned Act;
(h) "Midwife" means registered under any law for the time being in force for the registration of midwife;
(i) "Nurse" means a nurse registered under any law for the time being in fore for the registration of nurse ;
(j) "Physical Therapy Establishment" means an establishment where physical therapy, electro therapy, hydro therapy remedical gymnastics, or similar works is usually carried on for the purposes of treatment of disease or infirmity for improvement of health or for the purpose of relaxation or for any other purpose whatsoever, whether or not analogous to be purpose here- in-before mentioned in this clause ;
(k) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
(l) "Rules" means rule made under this Act;
3. Health Establishment not to be established or maintained without registration and licence. - No person shall establish or maintain a health establishment without being registered in respect thereof and except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence granted therefor.