Punjab Healthcare Commission Act, 2010

From: 2010-08-02 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to improve quality of healthcare services and ban quackery in the Punjab in all its forms and manifestations. Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to provide for establishment of the Punjab Healthcare Commission, to make provisions for the improvement of quality of healthcare services, to ban quackery in all its forms and manifestations and to provide for ancillary matters; It is enacted as follows:- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY 1. Short title, extent, commencement and application.– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Healthcare Commission Act 2010. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the Punjab. (3) It shall come into force at once. (4) It shall apply to all healthcare establishments, public or private hospitals, non-profit organizations, charitable hospitals, trust hospitals, semi-government and autonomous healthcare organizations. 2. Definitions.– In this Act– (i) “accreditation” means the process of accepting or declaring a healthcare establishment providing services in accordance with the standards and accepted medical, allopathic, homeopathic or Tibb-i-Unani protocols, guidelines or tools; (ii) “Board” means the Board of Commissioners constituted under section 5; (iii) “certificate of registration” means the certificate issued by the Commission evidencing registration of a healthcare service provider; (iv) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board; (v) “chief executive officer” means the chief executive officer of the Commission; (vi) “clinical governance” means a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care; (vii) “Commission” means the Punjab Healthcare Commission; (viii) “Commissioner” means a member of the Board nominated under section 5; (ix) “convener” means the convener of the Technical Advisory Committee; (x) “Council for Homeopathy” means the National Council for Homeopathy established under the Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Practitioners Act 1965 (II of 1965); (xi) “Council for Tibb” means the National Council for Tibb established under the Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Practitioners Act 1965 (II of 1965); (xii) Fund means the Fund established under the Act;…