West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority Act, 2009
No: 20 Dated: Sep, 19 2014
THE WEST BENGAL RURAL HEALTH REGULATORY AUTHORITY ACT, 2009
West Bengal Act XX of 2009
An Act to establish the West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority for regulating and registering the diploma holders in rural health care.
WHEREAS it is expedient to establish the West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority to regulate and register the diploma holders in rural health care and their practice of modern medicine in rural areas and also to regulate opening of Institutes of Rural Health Care for imparting education and training for the course of Diploma in Rural Health Care (DRHC);
It is hereby enacted in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:—
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority Act, 2009.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification published in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "Authority" means the West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority established under section 3;
(b) "Certificate" means a certificate issued by the Authority under section 17;
(c) "Course" means the prescribed course of education and training for the Diploma in Rural Health Care;
(d) "Diploma in Rural Health Care" means the diploma awarded by the Authority on successful completion of the course of Diploma in Rural Health Care under the provisions of this Act;
(e) "Fund" means the West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority Fund referred to in section 13;
(f) "Rural Health Care" means practice of modern medicine (excluding veterinary medicine) and health care services in rural areas in the State of West Bengal subject to the provisions of section 24;
(g) "Institute of Rural Health Care" means an institute established under this Act for imparting education, both theoretical and practical, for the course of Diploma in Rural Health Care;
(h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(i) "regulation" means regulation made under section 23;
(j) "rural areas" means the rural areas not included in a Municipal Corporation, a Municipal Board or any other area notified as urban area;
(k) "rules" means the rules made under section 22 of this Act;
(1) "Rural Health Practitioner" means a holder of the Diploma in Rural Health Care who has registered himself as such with the Authority and obtained a certificate and a registration number;
(m) "Standard Treatment Guideline" means the list of diseases and ailments alongwith protocols of treatment and management which shall be followed by the Rural Health Practitioners, and shall also include the list of drugs and procedures which shall respectively be administered or prescribed and performed by the Rural Health Practitioners;
(n) "State Register of Rural Health Practitioners" means the register maintained under section 17 and the expressions "registered" and "registration" shall be construed accordingly;
(o) "State" means the State of West Bengal;
(p) "State Government" means the State Government of West Bengal.
CHAPTER II
Constitution of the West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority
3. Establishment of the Authority:- (1) The State Government shall, by notification published in the Official Gazette, establish an Authority to be called the West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority.
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with powers to acquire, hold and dispose of property movable or immovable and to do all things necessary for the purpose of its functions and continuation and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.