The Maharashtra Nursing Homes Registration Act
The Maharashtra Nursing Homes Registration Act
The Maharashtra Nursing Homes Registration Act regulates the licensing, functioning, and inspection of private nursing and maternity homes. It applies to all private healthcare facility operators across the state, excluding government-run institutions and specialized mental health centers. The law matters because it safeguards patient safety by ensuring facilities maintain adequate space, appropriate bed capacities, and employ registered, qualified doctors and nurses. Operating an unregistered private medical facility carries strict penalties, including fines and imprisonment. Ultimately, this legislation protects the general public by verifying that local private healthcare institutions consistently meet and maintain essential sanitization, professional staffing, and structural quality standards.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Prohibition to carry on nursing home without registration.
- 4. Application for registration.
- 5. Registration.
- 6. Penalty for non-registration.
- 7. Cancellation of registration.
- 8. Notice of refusal or of cancellation of registration.
- 9. Inspection of nursing homes.
- 10. Income of local supervising authority.
- 11. Expenses of local supervising authority.
- 12. Penalty for offences under Act.
- 13. Offences by corporations.
- 14. Court competent to try offences under Act.
- 15. Indemnity to persons acting under this Act.
- 16. Rules.
- 17. By-laws.
- 18. Saving.
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