THE ASSAM HEALTH ESTABLISHMENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006

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    "title": "THE ASSAM HEALTH ESTABLISHMENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006",
    "short_title": "The Assam Health Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2006",
    "act_number": "IX",
    "act_year": 2006,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "2006-08-11",
    "description": "The Assam Health Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2006",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "ASSAM ACT NO. IX OF 2006\n(Received the assent of the Governor on 11th August, 2006)\nTHE ASSAM HEALTH ESTABLISHMENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006.\nAN\nACT\nfurther to amend the Assam Health Establishments Act, 1993.\nWhereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Health Establishments Act, 1993, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act in the manner hereinafter appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-",
            "footnote": "Assam Act XVIII of 1993",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement",
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            "content": "1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Health Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2006.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.",
            "footnote": "",
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            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall come into force at once.",
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            "sort_order": 30
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Amendment of section 2",
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            "content": "2. In the principal Act, in section 2,-\n(i) for clause (b), the following shall be substituted, namely:-\n\"(b) 'Nursing Home' or 'Hospital' or 'Research Institute' means any premises or establishment used or intended to be used for the reception and admission of persons suffering from any illness, injury or infirmity of body or mind and providing of treatment and nursing for them and includes a Maternity Home, Psychiatric Care, Corporate Health Establishment and Charitable Health Establishment;\";",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2 [Insertion of clause (cc) and (ccc)]",
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            "content": "(ii) after clause (c), the following new clauses (cc) and (ccc) shall be inserted, namely:-\n\"(cc) 'Corporate Health Establishment' means a Health Establishment established by a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956;\n(ccc) 'Charitable Health Establishment' means a Health Establishment run by a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 or a Trust registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1882 or by any Co-operative Society registered under the Assam Co-operative Societies Act, 1949, or under the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 providing health care services to the people on non-profit basis;\";",
            "footnote": "1 of 1956; 21 of 1860; 2 of 1882; Assam Act I of 1950; 39 of 2002",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2 [Amendment of clause (e)]",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(iii) for clause (e), the following shall be substituted, namely:-\n\"(e) 'Licensing Authority' means the State Health Authority or any other officer authorized by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette to grant licence under section 9;\";",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2 [Amendment of clause (h)]",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(iv) for clause (h), the following shall be substituted, namely:-\n\"(h) 'Medical Practitioner' means a person who possesses Recognized Medical Qualifications as defined in the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 and the Homeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 and who has been registered as a Medical Practitioner in the Registers as provided in the aforementioned Acts;\".",
            "footnote": "102 of 1956; 48 of 1970; 59 of 1973",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Amendment of section 4",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "3. In the principal Act, in section 4, in sub-section (2),-\n(i) for the serial number 1 and the entries against it, the following shall be substituted, namely:-\n\"1. Principal Secretary/Commissioner & Secretary/Secretary to the Government of Assam, Health and Family Welfare Department - Chairman.\";\n(ii) after serial number 6 and the entries against it, the following new serial numbers 7 and 8 with entries against them shall be inserted, namely:-\n\"7. The Director of Medical Education, Assam - Member.\n8. One representative from the Private Health Establishments to be nominated by the Government - Member.\".",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 80
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4. Amendment of section 9",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "4. In the principal Act, in section 9, in sub-section (2), for clause (a) and (b), the following shall be substituted, namely:-\n\"(a) 3 years in case of Nursing Home, Hospital, Maternity Home and Research Institute;\n(b) 2 years in case of Clinical Laboratory and Physical Therapy Establishment.\".",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 90
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5. Amendment of section 10",
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            "content": "5. In the principal Act, in section 10, in clause (e), after sub-clause (ii), the following sub-clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix) and (x) shall be inserted, namely:-\n\"(iii) that the Nursing Home, Hospital, Maternity Home and Research Institute shall provide free treatment up to 10% of total Indoor beds and 10% in Outdoor Department for patients belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families;\n(iv) every health establishment shall accept and provide emergency first-aid medical treatment to all victims of road accidents, operational casualties, criminal assaults and other emergencies who may come or be brought to the health establishment;\n(v) every health establishment shall display the rates of different services provided by them in a conspicuous place;\n(vi) every health establishment shall deploy only registered medical practitioners, nurses and qualified paramedical staff;\n(vii) every health establishment shall maintain a high standard of sanitary and hygienic condition and shall make adequate provision for scientific disposal of bio-medical waste as per provisions of the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998;\n(viii) every health establishment shall maintain an ambulance with full life saving equipment and personnel for transportation of patients as may be prescribed;\n(ix) every nursing home shall maintain a Morgue; and\n(x) every nursing home and Charitable Health Establishment shall participate in National Health Programmes and Community Health Programmes as required by the Government from time to time.\".",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 100
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6. Amendment of section 14",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "6. In the principal Act, for section 14, the following shall be substituted, namely:-\n\"14. District Magistrate or such officer as authorized by him and Sub-divisional Magistrate and the Joint Director of Health Services of the district shall be Inspecting officers within their respective jurisdiction and shall be competent to take any action as authorized under the provisions of this Act:",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "Proviso to Section 14",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Provided that the Joint Director of Health Services of the district or any Health Officer not below the rank of Sub-divisional Medical and Health Officer as authorized by him shall assist the District Magistrate or his authorized officer and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate as may be required from time to time for carrying out the provisions of this Act.\".",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "200609",
        "Act Number": "IX",
        "Enactment Date": "2006-08-11",
        "Act Year": "2006",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Health Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2006",
        "Department": "Legislative Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:15"
}