Powers and Functions of the Institute

With a view to promoting the objects specified in section 7, the Institute shall,-

1. (a) function as a quaternary referral hospital;
2. (b) provide for exclusive postgraduate teaching in the science of modern medicine and other allied sciences, including physical and biological sciences;
3. (c) provide facilities for research in various branches of medical sciences including Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH);
4. (d) provide for the teaching of humanities and social sciences;
5. (e) conduct experiments in new methods of medical education in order to arrive at satisfactory standards of such education;
6. (f) specify courses and curricula for various levels of medical education;
7. (g) subject to the provisions in any other law for the time being in force regarding regulating the higher studies in professional courses, establish and maintain-
   • (i) medical college with different departments, sufficiently staffed and equipped to undertake medical education in different subjects,
   • (ii) one or more well-equipped hospitals,
   • (iii) a dental college with such institutional facilities for the practice of dentistry and for the practical training of students as may be necessary,
   • (iv) a nursing college sufficiently staffed and equipped for the training of nurses,
   • (v) rural and urban health organisations which will form centres for the field training of the medical, dental and nursing students of the Institute as well as for research into community health problems, and
   • (vi) other institutions for the training of different types of health workers, such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, drug analysts and medical technicians of various kinds;
8. (h) train teachers from different medical colleges in Rajasthan;
   • (i) hold examinations and grant such degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions, honorary degrees, awards, prizes, and titles in medical education as may be laid down in the regulations;
9. (j) appoint teachers, officers and other employees of any description in accordance with regulations;
10. (k) receive grants from the Government and gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests and transfers of properties, both movable and immovable, from donors, benefactors, testators or transferors, as the case may be;
11. (l) manage with any property belonging to, or vested in, the Institute in any manner which is considered necessary for promoting the objects specified in section 7;
12. (m) demand and receive such fees and other charges as may be specified by the regulations;
13. (n) provide free treatment to the eligible patients as per the policies of the Government;
14. (o) construct quarters for its staff and allot such quarters to the staff in accordance with such regulations as may be made in this behalf;
15. (p) borrow money, with the prior approval of the Government, on the security of the property of the Institute;
16. (q) innovate in protocols of treatment of various diseases at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and help improve quality of treatment in various medical institutions of the State Government; and
17. (r) do all such other acts and things as may be necessary to further the objects specified in section 7.