section 38
Penalty.
The Goa Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2019Health201949 sections
Statutory text
- (1) Whoever carries on a clinical establishment without registration and in contravention of section 8 shall be punishable with summary closure of the facility and fine which may extend to, fifty thousand rupees for first contravention, two lakhs rupees for second contravention and five lakhs rupees for any subsequent contravention. (2) Whoever carries on a clinical establishment or appoints any person therein or carries on a clinical practice, without the required medical qualifications shall be punishable with fine of Rs. 1,00,000 and the registration of such clinical establishment shall be cancelled. (3) Whoever knowingly serves in a clinical establishment which is not duly registered under this Act, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 25,000. (4) where a doctor or para-medical staff or other employee of the Government or public sector undertaking is found working in any private clinical establishment, the registration of such private clinical establishment shall be cancelled by following the procedure laid down under section 29 and such doctor or para-medical staff or employee shall be liable for the departmental disciplinary action under the relevant rules for the time being in force, and also punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 25,000 for first contravention and Rs. 2,00,000 for every subsequent contravention. Provided that no such fine shall be imposed nor such departmental disciplinary action shall be initiated where the services of such doctor or para-medical staff or employee have been utilized in an emergency case, without payment of any remuneration to him and he immediately informs his employer in writing about the services rendered by him and the nature of the emergency case.
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