(1) No person shall open or conduct a nursing home or clinical establishment or any other private medical or health institution without being registered in respect thereof and except under the terms and conditions of a licence granted therefor in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules framed thereunder.
(2) A registration made under this section shall be in force for a period of one year.
Refusal to register
15. The Director may, by order, refuse to register an application for registration if he is satisfied that the standards laid down or prescribed by the Government have not been complied with.
Cancellation of registration
16. The Director may, by order, cancel the registration in respect of any such institution on any ground which would entitle him to refuse an application for registration in respect of that Institution:
Provided that before making an order under this section, sufficient opportunity shall be given to the licensee to represent his case.
Appeal
17. A person aggrieved by an order of the Director under section 16 may, within a period of one month from the date of receipt by him of a copy of that order, appeal to the Government against that order in such manner as may be prescribed and the decision of the Government on such appeal shall be final.
Entry and inspection
18. The Health Officer or any other Officer authorised by the Director in this behalf may, at all reasonable times, enter and inspect any premises which is used or which the Officer has the reasonable cause to believe to be used for the purposes and inspect the records required to be kept under this Act.
Government’s control
19. The Government may, by rules, prescribe the qualifications of the types of staff, their number, the minimum equipments required in the institution, the scale of accommodation, arrangements for water supply, sanitation and other facilities necessary in the institution and also exercise by itself or through any other authority subordinate to such control over them, as may be necessary for the implementation of this Act.
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CHAPTER – IV WATER SUPPLY Local authority to provide water supply