16,698 health institutes across Gujarat register under Clinical Establishment Act

Of the full registered institutes, 12,028 are allopathic, 1,622 ayurvedic and 3,009 homeopathic and 39 were Unani, Yoga, Naturopathy and Siddha strategy hospitals and clinics. Of the full 12,028 allopathic registrations, 7,150 were hospitals.

These tin beryllium further bifurcated into 5,268 backstage and 1,882 nationalist assemblage hospitals. There were 3,986 registrations of clinics, 40 humor banks, 566 objective laboratories and 286 X-ray/imaging centres.

“Strict implementation of this Act volition effect successful effectual regularisation of the wellness services strategy and the prime of wellness services volition amended done stakeholder information and attraction methods. Under the Act, registration is mandatory and is allowed lone for approved aesculapian practices. This volition bring astir amended management,” a authorities connection said.

Under this Act, it is mandatory for each authorities wellness institutions, backstage and trust-run institutions to get registered. Registration is besides mandatory for each types of therapeutic and diagnostic services of objective institutions.

It is besides mandatory for aesculapian institutions providing services similar allopathy, ayurveda, homeopathy and Unani to get registered.
Under this Act, clinics/consulting rooms/polyclinics/hospitals/standalone labs and different diagnostic units are required to get registered by paying the prescribed fee.

There is simply a proviso of good — Rs 10,000 to Rs 5 lakh — which tin beryllium imposed connected anyone operating without a registration nether the Act.

The Act includes hospitals, maternity homes, nursing homes, dispensaries, clinics, sanatoriums, which supply aesculapian services indispensable for the diagnosis, attraction oregon attraction of illness, injury, carnal disability, oregon gestation done immoderate recognized aesculapian system.

Also, the provisions of this Act use to aesculapian institutions wherever pathological, bacteriological, genetic, radiological, chemical, biologic introspection oregon different diagnostic services are provided with the assistance of a laboratory oregon different aesculapian instrumentality for the diagnosis oregon attraction of diseases and which are registered nether the central, provincial oregon authorities Act, authorities oregon non-government corporations (including societies), section authorities and aesculapian institutions owned oregon controlled oregon managed by a doctor.

The Gujarat Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Act was published successful the Gazette connected May 22, 2021. The Act came into unit successful Gujarat connected September 13, 2022.

The Gujarat Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Regulations, 2021 were published successful the Gazette connected March 13, 2024 and came into unit successful the authorities connected the aforesaid day.