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The Madhya Pradesh Upcharyagriha Tatha Rujopchar Samabandi Sthapnaye (Registrikaran Tatha Anugyapan) Adhiniyam, 1973

The Madhya Pradesh Upcharyagriha Tatha Rujopchar Samabandi Sthapnaye (Registrikaran Tatha Anugyapan) Adhiniyam, 1973

General197316 sections4 chapters

This law requires all nursing homes and clinical establishments, such as clinics, medical laboratories, and physiotherapy centers, to obtain official registration and a license before they can operate. It establishes a supervising authority appointed by the state government to oversee these facilities. The legislation aims to ensure that healthcare providers meet specific standards and that patients receive safe and regulated medical care by preventing unlicensed or unregulated medical practices from opening without proper oversight.

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Chapter 1 Chapter 1 →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Definitions

Chapter II Chapter II →

  1. 3Nursing home or clinical establishment not to be opened, kept or carried on without registration and license
  2. 4Application for registration and license
  3. 5Cancellation of registration and license
  4. 6Notice of refusal or of cancellation of registration
  5. 7Inspection of Nursing Homes and clinical establishment

Chapter III Chapter III →

  1. 8Penalties for offences under the Act
  2. 9Offences by Companies
  3. 10Penalty for serving In an unlicensed and unregistered nursing home or clinical establishment

Chapter IV Chapter IV →

  1. 11Offence under the Act to be non-cognizable
  2. 12Court competent to try offences under this Act
  3. 13Not with standing anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1899 (V of 1899) no court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first class shall try an offence punishable under this Act.
  4. 14Power to make rules
  5. 15Act not to apply to certain establishments
  6. 16Repeal

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