The Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010, was enacted by the central government to provide for registration and regulation of all clinical establishments including simple clinic or any small nursing home to tertiary caring hospitals in the country by Pvt, NGO or government rendering service with charge, concession or free with a view to prescribing the minimum standards of facilities and services provided by them. On March 1, 2019, the ministry of health issued another notification that lists certain rules for further amendments in the sector.
The amendments in Clinical Establishments Second Amendment Rules, 2019 are aimed at ensuring that patients are not conned into undergoing costly tests and diagnosis that may be totally unwarranted and unnecessarily increase cost and harassment to patient or family but is silent what happens to a doctor or hospital if…
