Parliament has enacted Clinical Establishments (Registration and
Regulation) Act 2010 for registration and regulation of the Clinical
Establishments and for matters connected therewith or incidental
thereto. The National Council for Clinical Establishments has been
constituted and notified in the Gazette of India on 19-3-2012. The
Clinical Establishments (Central Government) Rules 2012 have also been
notified on 23-5-2012 under the abovementioned Act. The Act has come
into force in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram
and Sikkim and Union Territories with effect from 1-3-2012. The draft
State Model Rules have been circulated to all States for implementation
of the Act in the States. Other States may also adopt this Act under
clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution. The States of Uttar
Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand have adopted this Act. Other State
Governments have been requested to adopt this Act.
Health is a State subject and it is primarily the responsibility of the
State Governments to monitor and regulate private sector hospitals in
the States.
The above information was given by the Union Minister for Health &
Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad in a written reply in the Rajya
Sabha on 7th September
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