Registration of Private hospitals and private para-medical institutions. - (1)

On or after the commencement of this Act, no private hospital or para-medical institutions shall be established within the territorial area of a village panchayat without prior registration in that village panchayat.

208[but nothing in this section shall apply in the case of a private hospital or para-medical institution which is in existence in the territorial area of a village panchayat at the date of the commencement of this Act in that area, within the date as may be by the Government for the purpose.] (2)Every application for registration in respect of a private hospital to private paramedical institution or for the renewal of the registration shall contain such particulars and shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed.

209[270 A. Penalty for maintaining and running private hospitals and private paramedical Institutions without registration. - Any person who maintains or runs a private hospital or a para-medical institution in contravention of the provisions of this Act or without registration under this Act or continue to maintain or run the same after cancellation of registration shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees and with a further fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for each day during which the offence continued.]