Implement Clinical set up Act, 2010, centre to delhi govt

The Union Health Ministry has asked the Delhi government to implement the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010, contending that the functioning of clinics, laboratories, imaging centres, and AYUSH facilities in the city are not regulated.
The July 21 letter to the secretary of the city’s health department highlighted that the Delhi Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1953, has a limited scope as it covers only hospitals and nursing homes of allopathic systems.
It mentioned that the Government of India notified the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act in March 2012 for mandatory registration and regulation of all types of clinical establishments belonging to all recognised systems of medicine in both the government and private sectors.
“In terms of the Schedule to the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010, it is not applicable in the NCT of Delhi in view of the Delhi Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1953,” the letter said.
The Health Ministry had earlier asked the Delhi government to implement the Clinical Establishments Act.
“It has been noted that the existing Act in the NCT of Delhi has limited scope as it covers only hospitals and nursing homes of the allopathic system. Other clinical establishments like clinics, polyclinics, laboratories, imaging centres, and AYUSH clinical establishments are not regulated under the Delhi Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1953. Because of this, a large number of clinical establishments continue to remain unregulated in the NCT of Delhi,” the July 21 letter said.