Section 2: Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (1) "medicare service institution" means any institution providing medicare to people which is under the control of the State or the Central Government or local bodies including any private hospital having facilities for treatment of the sick and used for their reception or stay; any private maternity home where women are usually received and accommodated for the purpose of confinement and ante-natal and post-natal care in connection with child birth or anything connected therewith: and any private nursing home used or intended to be used for the reception and accommodation of persons suffering any sickness, injury or infirmity whether of body or mind, and providing of treatment for nursing or both of them and includes a maternity home or convalescent home; (2) “medicare service person" in relation to a medicare service institution shall include,— (a) registered medical practitioners (including a person having provisional registration); (b) registered nurses; (c) medical students: (d) nursing students; (e) para medical workers; employed and working in such medicare service institutions: (3) “property” means any property, movable or immovable or medical equipment or medical machinery owned by or in possession of, or under the control of any medicare service person or medicare service institution; (4) "violence” means activities of causing, any harm, injury or endangering the life or intimidation, obstruction or hindrance to any medicare service person while discharging his duty in the medicare service institution or causing damage or loss to the property.