(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Authority shall exercise such power and perform such functions as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the powers and functions of the Authority shall include—
(a) to hold, conduct and regulate the examination for the course including entrance test for admission into the Institute of Rural Health Care;
(b) to maintain State Register of Rural Health Practitioners;
(c) to hear and decide appeals by and against such registered Rural Health Practitioners;
(d) to prescribe by regulations code of ethics for regulating the profession and conduct of such registered Rural Health Practitioners;
(e) to reprimand a Rural Health Practitioner, to suspend or remove the name from the State Register of Rural Health Practitioner or to take such other disciplinary actions against him as may in the opinion of the Authority be necessary or expedient;
(f) to lay down norms and standard for the course, curriculum, facilities for instruction, training assessments and examinations for students undergoing the course for Diploma in Rural Health Care and of the Institute of Rural Health Care, with prior approval of the State Government;
(g) to fix norms and guidelines for charging tuition fees with prior approval of the State Government;
(h) to provide guidelines for admission of students to the course with prior approval of the State Government;
(i) to inspect the physical facilities, staff position, Hospital and academic infrastructure of an Institute of Rural Health Care imparting education and training for Diploma in Rural Health Care at the time of starting of such an Institute and to give no objection certificate after the said Institute has completed all formalities and norms and to make periodical inspection to judge the compliance of shortcomings pointed out, and to maintain standard of the Institute;
(j) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by rules.
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PART III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 5 The West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority Act, 2009.
(Chapter IV.—Institute of Rural Health Care.—Sections 7, 8.)
CHAPTER IV Institute of Rural Health Care Minimum standard.
Permission to open an Institute of Rural Health Care.
7. The Authority may prescribe, by regulations. the minimum standards of the course, the curriculum, the examination etc. in respect of the course and the terms and conditions and norms to be fulfilled, facilities to be provided by an Institute of Rural Health Care for imparting education and training for the course of Diploma in Rural Health Care.