Bare Act
The Himachal Pradesh Private Medical Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) Act, 2006
This legislation regulates admissions, fee structures, and seat reservations across all private medical educational institutions in Himachal Pradesh, including aided, unaided, and minority institutes offering courses in medicine, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacy. It empowers the state government to conduct common entrance tests, oversee centralized counseling, reserve seats for specific categories including non-resident Indians and underprivileged communities, and fix fair fee limits based on infrastructure and operational costs. By establishing an oversight committee, a complaint redressal mechanism, and strict penalties for non-compliance, the law ensures merit-based, transparent admissions while protecting students from excessive fees and unfair practices in private medical education.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Regulation of admission, fixation of fee and madding of reservation
- 4. Eligibility criteria for admission
- 5. Allocation of seats
- 6. Reservation of seats
- 7. Fixation of fee
- 8. Mechanism for dealing with contraventions
- 9. Penalties
- 10. Powers of the State Government to issue directions
- 11. Power to remove difficulties
- 12. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 13. Power to make rules
- 14. Repeal of Ordinance no. 4 of 2006 and savings
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