(1) For purposes of this act, private Institutions include nursing homes, maternity homes, X-ray institutions, blood banks, laboratories, hospitals, baths and physiotherapy centres.
(2) "Nursing Home" means any establishment or premises used or intended to be used for the reception of, and the providing of medical care including nursing care in any form for, persons suffering from any sickness, injury or infirmity and includes a maternity home, but does not include: -
(i) any hospital or other establishment/premises maintained or controlled by Government; or any other authority or body constituted by special Act of Parliament or State Legislature;
(ii) any institution for persons of unsound mind within the meaning of the Indian Mental Act; and
(iii) any institution, house or home certified or approved by the Ministry of Health under the Indian Mental Act.
(3) "Maternity Home" means an establishment where women are usually received and accommodated for the purpose of confinement and antenatal and postnatal care in connection with child birth.
(4) "Hospital" means any premises used for the reception of the sick and their treatment.
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