Clinical Establishments Act

Mizoram clinical Establishments Act

THE CLINICAL ESTABLISHMENTS ACT 2014

The Clinical Establishments Act was passed by Parliament of India on 17th August 2010, to provide for registration and regulation of all clinical establishments in the country with a view to prescribing minimum standards of facilities and services which may be provided by them so that mandate of article 47 of the constitution for improvement in public health may be achieved. The specific objectives are: 

1. To establish digital registry of Clinical Establishments at National, State and District level. 
2. ii) To prevent quackery by unqualified practitioners by introducing registration system, which is mandatory. 
3. iii) To improve quality of health care through standardization of healthcare facilities by prescribing minimum standards of facilities and services for all categories of health care establishments (except teaching hospitals,) and ensuring compliance of other conditions of registration like compliance to standard treatment guidelines, stabilization of emergency medical condition, display of range of rates to be charged, maintenance of records etc. 

Clinical Establishment Act in Mizoram: The government of Mizoram adopted the Mizoram Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Rules, 2015 on 27th May, 2014. There are two statutory bodies namely the State Council for Clinical Establishments Act and the District Registering Authority for each district. The District Registering Authority is currently functional in only two (2) districts i.e Aizawl and Lunglei Districts, and State Cell at Directorate of Hospital and Medical Education, MINECO, Khatla, Aizawl.

The State Government by notification set up an authority to be called The District Registering Authority for each District for registration of Clinical Establishments with the following members, namely.

1. Deputy Commissioner – Chairperson
2. Chief Medical Officer – Convener
3. Medical Superintendent, Civil Hospital Aizawl – Member
4. Deputy Mayor Aizawl Municipal Corporation – Member
5. Superintendent of Police, Aizawl - Member

ACHIEVEMENTS OF CLINICAL ESTABLISHMENT ACT, AIZAWL DISTRICT 

AS ON JULY 2022