With an aim to curtail the 'cut practice' in the medical profession, the Maharashtra government has decided to introduce Prevention of “Cut practices in Medical Services Act, 2017” soon. A 9-member committee has been formed by the government to study other countries' regulations for preventing cut practices including anti-kickback laws in USA and UK and suggest measures to be incorporated in the proposed Act.
Headed by past Maharashtra Director General of Police, the committee comprises of , Director of Medical Education and major hospital directors and doctors. At the first meet held on June 27, the panel discussed certain provisions of the proposed Act in detail which are as follows: Section one contains definition of the Act which reads any person believed to be medical experts having received a patient for treatment, refers him to another medical experts, hospitals, laboratory for…
