(1) Inspection by the concerned registration authority or a multi-member inspection team referred to in sub-section (2) shall be mandatory before the issuance of certificate of permanent registration.
(2) The concerned registration authority or a multi-member inspection team authorised by it, which shall comprise of at least three members of impeccable integrity, shall have the right to cause an inspection of, or inquiry in respect of any registered clinical establishment, its building, laboratories and equipment and also of the work conducted or done by the clinical establishment, in such manner as may be prescribed and to cause an inquiry to be made in respect of any other matter connected with the clinical establishment and such clinical establishment shall be entitled to be represented thereat:
Provided that such inquiry can be conducted only after a complaint for breach of the declarations or terms and conditions, is received by the concerned registration authority.
(3) Every inspection team authorized under this section shall conduct the inspection and submit a report to the concerned registration authority within seven days of completion of such inspection in such manner, as may be Inspection of clinical establishment.
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(4) The inspection team conducting the inspection shall record its observation or inspection note in the inspection book to be kept at the clinical establishment for this purpose.
31. If the concerned registration authority has reasonable ground by way of the receipt of any complaint, for believing that any clinical establishment has failed to comply with any provision of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder, the concerned registration authority may, after ascertaining the opinion of the concerned clinical establishment thereon, by an improvement notice served on that clinical establishment, –
(a) state the grounds for believing that the clinical establishment has failed to comply with any provision of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder;
(b) specify the matters which constitute the clinical establishment’s failure to comply;
(c) specify the measures which, in the opinion of the concerned registration authority, the clinical establishment must take, in order to ensure compliance; and
(d) require the clinical establishment to take those measures, or measures which are at least equivalent to them, within a reasonable period (not more than one month) as may be specified in the notice.