{ "id": 15017, "slug": "arunachal-pradesh-nursing-council-act-2011", "title": "Arunachal Pradesh Nursing Council Act, 2011", "short_title": "Arunachal Pradesh Nursing Council Act, 2011", "act_number": "(Act No. 1 of 2012)", "act_year": 2011, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Arunachal Pradesh", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "Arunachal Pradesh Nursing Council Act, 2011", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title and commencement.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Definition.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Arunachal Pradesh Nursing Council Act, 2011.\n(b) \"Auxiliary Nurse-Cum-Midwives\" means persons employed to perform the duties of Female Health Workers or Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwives in the Health Centre of the community having qualified for training in two years course of Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwife with basic qualification of All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE) or equivalent as constituted under this Act,\n(c) \"Council\" means the Arunachal Pradesh Nursing Council constituted under section 3 of this Act;\n(d) \"Health Visitor\" means a person employed as Lady Health Visitors after successful completion of two years Lady Health Visitors Course or Auxiliary Nurse-Cum-Midwives with Lady Health Visitor training with a minimum qualification of All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE) or equivalent. They shall be employed as Supervisors in the Main-Centre / Primary Health Centre and shall be responsible for supervision of Female Health Workers / Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwives of the Sub-Centre within the jurisdiction of the concerned Main-Centre;\n(e) \"Health workers (Female)\" means a person employed to perform the duties of Female Health Worker after successful completion of one and half year training course of Health Worker with minimum qualification of Secondary School Leaving Certificate or equivalent. They shall be employed as Female Health Workers in the Sub-Centre ;\n(f) \"Nurses\" means persons (male and female) appointed to perform the duties of a Nurse who have successfully completed Nursing Course of three years or above with minimum qualification of Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate, All India Higher Secondary Certificate Examination or equivalent. They shall be eligible for employment to various nursing posts ;\n(g) \"Nurse-Midwife\" means a person appointed to perform the duties of a Nurse-Midwife who has successfully completed another six months duration of Midwifery course after successful completion of the prescribed Nursing Course. They shall be eligible for employment as Staff Nurse;\n(h) \"Official Gazette\" means the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette;\n(i) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act.\n(j) \"President\" means the president of the Nursing Council;\n(k) \"Register\" means a Register of Nurses, Nurse-Midwives, Lady Health Visitor, Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwives and Health Workers (Female) maintained under section 13 of this Act, and the words 'registered' and 'registration' shall be construed accordingly.\n(l) \"Registrar\" means the regulations made by the Council under this Act.\n(m) \"Regulations\" means the regulations made by the Council under this Act.\n(n) \"Rules\" means the rules made by the State Government under this Act.\n(o) \"Section\" means a section of the Act; and\n(p) \"State Government\" means the Government of Arunachal Pradesh.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Establishment of the Council.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Constitution and composition of Council.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) Principal Tutor of each School of Nursing, Government of Arunachal Pradesh and other Private/ Non Government Organization (NGO) institutions, e.g. Ram Krishna Mission Hospital, Itanagar.\n(b) Principal Tutor of Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwife Training Centre, Health Training and Research Centre Pasighat or equivalent.\n(c) One Nursing Superintendent from General Hospitals and one Nursing officer from Referral Hospital nominated by the Director of Health Services\n(d) Deputy Director of Health Services, Health Training and Research Centre Pasighat or equivalent\n(e) Registrar, the Rajiv Gandhi University or his nominee.\n(f) Registrar of each Arunachal Pradesh Homeopathy Council and Arunachal Pradesh Medical Council.\n(g) Secretary, Education, Government of Arunachal Pradesh or his nominee.\n(h) One member nominated by the Trained Nurses Association of India, Arunachal Pradesh branch.\n(i) One Nursing Superintendent from private institution or equivalent\n(j) Deputy Director of Health Services (Nursing) or Nursing Officer of Nursing Ceil, ex-Officio and first Secretary cum Registrar for two years only.\n(k) Director of Health Services, ex-Officio.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Election and term of the office President and Vice-President.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Term of office and casual vacancies.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Filling up of casual vacancies.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Cessation of membership.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) He or She is absent without sufficient ground in the opinion of the Council for three consecutive meetings of the Council; and\n(b) He or She is absent out of India for a period exceeding six months.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Leave of absence of members.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Meeting of the Council and Constitution of Committee.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the mode of transaction of business including provisions for decision on emergent matters by circulation of papers to members, and for co-opting persons specially qualified to advise on any particular matters before the Council;\n(b) the time and place at which its meeting shall be held ;\n(c) the issue of notices convening such meetings;\n(d) the conduct of business there-at;\n(e) the constitution of the sub-committees, the delegation to such committees, of any powers or duties of the Council under this Act;\n(f) the procedure of the transaction of business shall not be transacted at any meeting of the Council, unless a quorum of six members are present, and\n(g) all questions arising at any meeting of the Council shall be decided by votes of majority of the members present and voting or in any case of an equality of vote by casting votes of the President to the Council, or in his or her absence, of the member presiding at the meeting.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Payment of fees and travelling expenses to members.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Appointment of Registrar and other officers of the Council.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) shall appoint the Registrar,\n(b) may grant leave to such Registrar and appoint a person to act as such in his place ; and\n(c) shall pay to the Registrar and to the person, if any, appointed to act in his place, such salaries or remuneration and such allowances, if any, as the Council may determine.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Maintenance of Registers.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) Nurses;\n(b) Nurse Midwives;\n(c) Lady Health Visitors ;\n(d) Female Health Workers or Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwife in such forms containing such particulars and divided into such parts as may be prescribed.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Maintenance of Registers by the Registrar.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Removal of names from the Registers on notice death.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Removal of fraudulent and incorrect entries, in the Registers.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "17", "title": "17. Persons entitled for registration under the this Act.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 }, { "number": "18", "title": "18. Admission to register of persons trained outside Arunachal Pradesh.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 17 }, { "number": "19", "title": "19. Bar and removal of Registration and re-entry of name.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) that he or she has been sentenced by any Court of law for any non-bailable offence, or sentence not having been subsequently reserved or quashed;\n(b) that he or she has been convicted by a Court of law for any offence involving moral turpitude;\n(c) that he or she has been guilty of professional misconduct, professional incompetence, negligence of duty, or lack of integrity or professional ethics; or\n(d) provided that no action shall be taken on the grounds referred to clauses (b) and (c) above of this section unless an enquiry in which an opportunity has been given to the person concerned to state his or her case, has been made and the Council by a majority of two-thirds of the members present and voting decides that such action should be taken.\n(e) that any name so removed may afterwords be re-entered in the Register and any order of refusal of registration passed under sub-section (1) may be withdrawn under the direction of the Council given by majority of two-thirds of the members present and voting at the meeting.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 18 }, { "number": "20", "title": "20. Registration under this Act not to qualify as Medical practitioner.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 19 }, { "number": "21", "title": "21. Institution for training Nurses, Nurse Mid-wives/Lady Health visitors, Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwives/ Female Health Workers to be recognized by the council.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 20 }, { "number": "22", "title": "22. Power to inspect Hospital, Nursing Training institutions etc.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 21 }, { "number": "23", "title": "23. Withdrawal of recognition from institution and any School of Nursing.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 22 }, { "number": "24", "title": "24. Appeal.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 23 }, { "number": "25", "title": "25. Prohibition of issue of Certificate and entry of names by any Institution.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 24 }, { "number": "26", "title": "26. Supervision by District Medical Officer and Health Officer.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 25 }, { "number": "27", "title": "27. Disability of un-registered person.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 26 }, { "number": "28", "title": "28. Penalty for un-registered person.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 27 }, { "number": "29", "title": "29. Penalty for dishonest use of Certificate.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) Dishonestly makes use of any Certificate of registration issued under the provisions of this Act to him or her or any other person ; or\n(b) Procures or attempt to procure registration under provisions of this Act by making or producing causing to be made or produced any false or fraudulent declaration, or' certificate or representation whether in writing or otherwise; or\n(c) Willfully makes or causes to make any false representation in any matter relating to the registration of Certificates issued under the provisions of this Act; or\n(d) Being the Secretary, Manager or other Officer of a Hospital, School or other Institution issues or authorizes the issue of a certificate to any person or enters, or authorizes entry of the name of such person in contravention of section 25 shall be punished with a fine which may extend to two thousand rupees or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with both.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 28 }, { "number": "30", "title": "30. Penalty for un-lawful assumption of a title.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 29 }, { "number": "31", "title": "31. Publication and use of Annual list of registered Nurses, Nurse- Midwives, Lady Health Visitors, Female Health Workers/ Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwives.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) all the names entered in several parts of the respective Registers arranged in alphabetical order according to surnames;\n(b) the registered address or appointment of each person whose name is so entered in the registers; and\n(c) the registered qualification of each, such person and the date on which such qualification was certified,", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 30 }, { "number": "32", "title": "32. Court competent to try offences under this Act.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 31 }, { "number": "33", "title": "33. Cognizance of offence.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 32 }, { "number": "34", "title": "34. Power to make rules.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) Prescription of the period of less than 3 years for which a member of the Council may hold office under section 6 ;\n(b) Prescription of the manner in which nomination and election of President and Vice-President shall be made and casual vacancies shall be filled under sections 5 and 7 ;\n(c) Prescription of the form in which a Register shall be kept, the particulars to be entered in such Register, and the parts in which such Register shall be divided under section 13.;\n(d) Prescription of the manner in which an order of removal or refusal shall be served on persons under section 19 ;\n(e) Prescription of the fees payable in respect of an appeal under section 24; and\n(f) Any matter which is to be or may be prescribed.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 33 }, { "number": "35", "title": "35. Power of the Council to make regulations.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) regulating the compilation, maintenance and publication of the Register and the conditions of admission to the Register;\n(b) prescribing the fees payable on application for registration, the forms in which such applications shall be made and the conditions subject to which names shall be entered in the Register;\n(c) prescribing and regulating the examination which must be passed as a condition of matter ancillary to or connected with such examination, including the courses of training which the candidates appearing for examination shall undergo;\n(d) prescribing the cause for which, the conditions under which and the manner in which the names of Nurses, Nurse-Midwives, Lady Health Visitors, Auxiliary Nurse-Cum-Midwives or Female Health Workers, may be removed or re-entered in the Register under section 19.\n(e) for the approval of any institution for the purpose of such training and the granting of certificates to candidates passing examination;\n(f) regulating the conditions under which Institutions for nursing the sick, maternity and child welfare may be approved and recognized by the Council;\n(g) appointing a Registrar and such other servants as may be necessary;\n(h) regulating the pay, pension, conduct and other conditions of services of persons;\n(i) regulating and supervising the practice of their profession by the registered Nurses, Nurse-Midwives, Lady Health visitors, Auxiliary Nurse cum midwives or Female Health workers;\n(j) regulating the publication of the names registered under Nurses, Nurse-Midwives, Lady Health Visitors Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwives and Female Health Workers, and their residences;\n(k) regulating the condition under which such Nurses. Nurse- Midwives, Lady Health Visitors, Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwives and Female Health Workers registered in other States in India or in any Countries other than India may be admitted to the Register, on such other State and Countries granting reciprocal registration to persons registered on the Register of the Council;\n(l) determining the manner in which all fees levied under this Act and money received by the Council shall be accounted for, audited and applied for the purpose of this Act, and for regulating the expenditure of the Council generally; and\n(m) generally for the provision of any matter? in respect of which the Council considers necessary provision shall be made for the purpose of this Act;\n(n) all the regulations made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette after approval by the State Government;\n(o) for the conduct, practice and professional ethics for the Nurses, Nurse-Midwives, Lady Health Visitors, Auxiliary Nurse-cum-Midwives or Female Health Workers; and\n(p) any other matter which is required to be prescribed by regulations; for purposes of this.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 34 }, { "number": "36", "title": "36. Protection of persons acting on good faith under the Act rules or regulations.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 35 }, { "number": "37", "title": "37. Certain persons to be public servants.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 36 }, { "number": "38", "title": "38. Repeal and saving.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 37 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "Last Updated 18th February, 2020 [aru027]", "Act Number": "(Act No. 1 of 2012)", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "2011", "Short Title": "Arunachal Pradesh Nursing Council Act, 2011", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Arunachal Pradesh" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19" }