Chhattisgarh Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, 2010

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    "title": "Chhattisgarh Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, 2010",
    "short_title": "Chhattisgarh Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, 2010",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 11 of 2010)",
    "act_year": 2010,
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    "location": "Chhattisgarh",
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    "description": "Chhattisgarh Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, 2010",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Medical Profession\" means profession including all the branches of medical and paramedical sciences, viz., Allopathy, Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) Dentistry, Nursing and Physio-therapy.\n(b) \"Medicare Service Institution\" means an institution, providing Medicare Service to people either in Medicare Service Institution or through Mobile Medicare Unit or by arranging medical checkup camps, under the control of the Central Government/State Government/a local body or any private hospital having facilities for treatment of the sick and used for their reception or stay in 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 the child birth or anything connected therewith, and any private nursing home used or intended to be used for the reception and accommodation of person suffering from any sickness, injury or infirmity, whether of body or mind, and providing of treatment or nursing or both of them and includes convalescent home, etc.;\n(c) \"Medicare Service Person\" in relation to Medicare Service Institution means a Registered Medical Practitioner (including provisional registration holder), a registered nurse, a medical student, a nursing student and a paramedical worker and includes any person directly or indirectly employed and working in such institution;\n(d) \"Mobile Medical Unit\" means an ambulance equipped with medical equipment, used for providing Medicare Services;\n(e) \"Offender\" means any person, who either by himself or as a member or leader of a group of persons or organization commits or attempts to commit or abets the commission of violence under this Act;\n(f) \"Para Medical Worker\" means a person, who assists the Medicare Service Person Providing Medicare Services;\n(g) \"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 Medical Service Person or Medicare Service Institution,\n(h) \"Student\" means a student, who is undergoing training or studies in any branch of medical profession;\n(i) \"Violence\" means an act which causes or may cause any physical harm, injury or endangering the life of Medicare Service Person or criminal intimidation, obstruction to any Medicare Service Person in the discharge of his duty as a Medicare Service Person or causing damage or loss to the property in a Medicare Service Institution.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Prohibition of violence.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Penalty.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Cognizance of offence.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Liability to pay compensation for the loss or damage caused to property.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Authority to aid and advice victim of medical negligence.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Act not in derogation of any other law.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Power to make rules.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 14th October, 2019 [cg178]",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 11 of 2010)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2010",
        "Short Title": "Chhattisgarh Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, 2010",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Chhattisgarh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}