FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

The purpose of Clinical Establishment Act is to make available a database of Clinical Establishments which are authorized to function. Therefore the overall objective is improvement in public health quality by eliminating quacks.

Other objectives are:

•  To prescribe basic minimum standards for different categories of clinical establishments for ensuring provision of proper healthcare by the clinical establishments.
•  To collect the required statistics from clinical establishments for policy formulations, planning, implementation, response and evaluation. 

The owner of the clinical establishment is responsible for registering the   clinical establishments under this Act. 

A multi member authority at district level known as the District Registering Authority is the registering authority for clinical establishments located in that district

The district registering authority will comprise of District Collector as chairperson, District Health Officer / Chief Medical Officer as convener and 6  three other members nominated by the District Collector/District Magistrate. 

 The three nominated members shall include,

a) A senior level officer of the local self-Government at the district level,

 b) One representative from a professional medical association or body having presence, preferably within the district or within the State like IMA or AYUSH.  

c) City Police Commissioner or Senior Superintendent of Police (or his nominee), whose help is required if the particular Clinical Establishment does not cooperate with the district registering authority and refuses to give permission to the teams visiting his or her clinical establishment’s premises. 

The State Government shall establish the district registering authority by way of notification. The three nominated members shall have tenure of two years. 

In case of provisional registration, the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer shall:

•  Accept for purpose of provisional registration, application in the prescribed proforma as adopted by the State Government along with the requisite fee as determined by the State Government.
•  Accept applications for provisional registration - either filed in person, or by post or online
•  After receipt of application, grant within a period of ten days from date of receipt, a certificate of provisional registration in such form and particulars as determined by the State Government  
•  Within a period of forty five days from grant of provisional registration, publish all particulars of the clinical establishment, in a manner as may be determined by the State Government.   
•  Renewal of Registration and issue of duplicate certificate as per the provisions of Act and Rules.

The detail composition of National Council for Clinical Establishments may be seen in the Act. National Council is a 20 member body under ex officio chairman DGHS, MOHFW, Government of India. Officer of rank of Joint Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare dealing with the subject of Clinical Establishments Act shall be ex-officio secretary of National Council. The National Council has elected members from regulatory councils for allopathic Doctors (MCI, DCI), Pharmacy, Nursing, Indian systems of Medicine (Ayurveda, Soddha, Unani), Homoeopathy, Indian Medical Association (IMA) and nominated representatives of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Zonal council, North Eastern Council other paramedical systems, consumer groups and association of Indian System of Medicine. 

No. Clinical establishments will be classified into different categories.  

 Different standards are prescribed for different categories.  

In event of change of location the certificate in respect of such clinical establishment shall be surrendered to the authority and Clinical Establishment shall apply afresh for registration. 

Accreditation is voluntary and there is no compulsion on Clinical Establishment for same.