The Minister for Health & Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad, urged more state governments to adopt the Clinical Establishments Act 2010.
In written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the Minister clarified that as health is a state subject, it is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments to adopt the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act 2010 (CEA 2010). Implementing the provisions of the Act will ensure quality services, affordable fees and check malpractices in private hospitals and nursing homes in the States, he informed the House.
The Minister said that the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Sikkim and all Union Territories have already implemented CEA 2010 with effect from 1-3-2012 while Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand have adopted this Act. He informed that other state governments have been requested to adopt this Act.
Under this Act, clinical establishments would be required to adhere to minimum standards of services, to be determined by the National Council of Clinical Establishments. Similarly, under the Central Rules, the establishments would be required to display the rates of the services, and shall charge the rates within the range of rates, to be determined and issued by the Central Government from time to time, in consultation with the State Governments.
EH News Bureau