(1) If the Authority is satisfied suo motu or on a complaint that a private medical care establishment has violated any of the terms and conditions of the registration or any of the directions, it has given or has contravened any of the provision of this Act or the rules made thereunder, the Authority may order cancellation or suspension of the registration for such period as it may think fit:
Inspection or enquiry.
Cancellation or Suspension of Registration.
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Provided that before a registration is cancelled the private medical care establishment shall be given an opportunity of making a representation:
Provided further that where the Authority is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, it may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, suspend the registration of any private medical care establishment without issuing any notice.
(2) On the cancellation or suspension of the registration under sub-section (1), no person, shall be thereafter admitted in the said establishment either as an inpatient or out-patient:
Provided that a person already admitted in the said establishment before the registration is cancelled or, as the case may be, suspended, shall continue to be treated therein until he is discharged and on the discharge of the last of such persons, the said establishment shall be closed.