(1) This Act may be called the Bihar University of Health Sciences Act, 2021.
(2) It shall extend to whole of the State of Bihar.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the official gazette, specify.
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2. Definitions-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires
(i) ‘Academic Council' means the Academic Council of the University;
(ii) 'Affiliated Institution' means an institution affiliated by the University
(iii) ‘Academic Staff’ means such categories of staff as are designated by the Statutes to be the academic staff of the University;
(iv) 'Affiliation' means affiliation granted by the University in accordance with the Statutes and Regulations made for the purpose;
(v) 'Autonomous College or Institutes’ means such College or Institute which has been declared autonomous by the University under the provisions prescribed in the relevant statutes;
(vi) ‘Chancellor' means the Chancellor of the University;
(vii) ‘Chief Minister’ means the Chief Minister of the State of Bihar;
(viii) ‘College’ means a college teaching courses leading to a Bachelor or Higher degree in Modern System of Medicine, AYUSH systems of Medicine, Nursing Education, Pharmacy Education, Dental Education, Education on Laboratory Technology, Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Education on other Paramedical Courses and inter disciplinary areas such as Health Economics, Health administration etc.
(ix) ‘Chancellor' and 'Vice-Chancellor' means, respectively, the Chancellor and the Vice- Chancellor of the University;
(x) ‘College’ means an institution maintained or controlled by the University or maintained by the State Government;
(xi) 'Courses’ means courses leading to a Bachelor or Higher degree in relevant streams of Health Sciences and such other courses as notified by the Government in future;
(xii) ‘Court' means the Court of the University;
(xiii) ‘Dental Council of India' means Dental Council constituted under section- 3 of the Dentists Act – 1948 (Act 16 of 1948) and its amendment Act 1993;
(xiv) ‘Employee’ means any person appointed by the University, College or Institution as the case may be;
(xv) ‘Executive Council’ means the Executive Council of the University;
(xvi) ‘Finance committee’ means the finance committee of the University;
(xvii) ‘Government' means the Government of Bihar;
(xviii) 'Health Sciences' means the Modern system of Medicine, Nursing Education, Pharmacy Education, Dental Education, Laboratory Technology, Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy, Speech therapy and Education on other paramedical courses in all their branches concerning preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative services;
(xix) ‘Institution’ means an academic institution or a college admitted to the privileges of the University;
(xx) ‘Medical Council of India' means Medical Council of India constituted by Indian Medical council Act-1956 (Act 102 of 1956) and its amendment Act 1993;
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(xxi) 'Misconduct' means a misconduct prescribed by the Statutes;
(xxii) 'Modern System of Medicine' means all branches of modern medicine dealing with pre-clinical, clinical, para-medical and paradental disciplines at diploma and degree level or above and such other disciplines as may be prescribed ;
(xxiii) 'National Medical Commission' means National Medical Commission constituted by National Medical Commission Act- 2019 (Act 30 of 2019);
(xxiv) 'Notification' means a notification published in the official Gazette;
(xxv) ‘Pharmacy Council of India’ means the Central Council constituted under Section-3 of the Pharmacy Act-1948;
(xxvi) "Planning Board" means the “Planning Board” of the University;
(xxvii) ‘Principal’ means the head of a college and includes, where there is no principal, the person who is for the time being duly appointed to act as the Principal, and, in the absence of the Principal or the acting Principal, as the case may be, a Vice- Principal duly appointed as such;
(xxviii) ‘Professional Education’ means education connected with a job that needs special training or skill, and includes Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Law Teaching, etc.;
(xxix) ‘Recognized Teachers’ means such persons as are approved by the University for the purpose of imparting instruction in a college or an institution admitted to the privileges of the University;
(xxx) ‘School’ means a school of studies of the University;
(xxxi) ‘School of Studies’ means the School of Studies of the University;
(xxxii) “Screening committee” means the committee as constituted under section 10(3) of this act ;
(xxxiii) ‘Self-Financing Institution' means those institutions which are set-up by a Trust or a Society or a Company and are Self Financing imparting education in the field of different streams of Health Sciences;
(xxxiv) ‘Senate’ means the Senate of the University ;
(xxxv) ‘Statutes’ and 'Regulations' mean respectively the Statutes and Regulations of the University for the time being in force.
(xxxvi) ‘Technical staff’ means employees working in the technical cadre of the University;
(xxxvii) ‘University’ means the Bihar University of Health Sciences as incorporated under this Act;
(xxxviii) ‘University Grants Commission' means the Commission established under Section- 4 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (Central Act 3 of 1956) ;
(xxxix) ‘University teachers' means Professors, Readers/ Associate Professors, Lecturers/Assistant Professors and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting research in the University, or in any college or institution maintained by the University and are designated as teachers by the Statutes.
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(xl) University Review Commission means the commission defined under section- 35 of this act;
(xli) The words and expressions used here in and not defined in the Act shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3. Incorporation-
(1) With effect from such date as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify, there shall be established a University by the name of Bihar University of Health Sciences’ comprising the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor, the first members of the Senate, the Executive Council and the Academic Council of the University and all such persons as may hereafter be appointed to such office or as members so long as they continue to hold such office or membership.
(2) The University shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and may by the said name sue or besued.
(3) The headquarters of the University shall be at such place as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette specify.