(1) If,-
(a) any clinical establishment is convicted of an offence under this Act;
or
(b) the clinical establishment is being kept or carried on without a valid certificate of registration; or
(c) the registration of the clinical establishment is cancelled or suspended; or
(d) the concerned registration authority is satisfied that an imminent danger to the health and safety of any member of the public or patient exists with respect to that clinical establishment, the concerned registration authority may, after giving such clinical establishment an opportunity of being heard, by an order, impose the following prohibitions, namely:-
(i) a prohibition on the use of the process or treatment for the purposes of the service delivery by the clinical establishment;
and/or
(ii) a prohibition on the use of the premises or equipment for the purposes of the service delivery by the clinical establishment.
(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall take immediate effect:
Provided that the concerned registration authority, after issuance of prohibition order shall take such steps, to restrain immediately the clinical establishment from carrying on health care related services, as may be prescribed.
33. The concerned registration authority or such officers as may be authorised by it, may, if there is any reason to suspect that anyone is carrying on a clinical establishment without due registration, enter and search in the manner prescribed, at any reasonable time and the clinical establishment, shall offer reasonable facilities for inspection or inquiry and be entitled to be represented thereat:
147 Prohibition order.
Power to enter.
PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), OCTOBER 22, 2020 (ASVN 30, 1942 SAKA)
Provided that no such person shall enter the clinical establishment without an authority letter from the concerned registration authority.
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