The Bombay Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1949

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    "title": "The Bombay Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1949",
    "short_title": "The Bombay Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1949",
    "act_number": "Bombay Act No. 15 of 1949",
    "act_year": 1949,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bombay Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1949",
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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": "(1) \"by-laws\" means by-laws made by the local supervising authority;\n[(1-a) \"district local board\" in relation to any area other than a municipal area, means a district local board, district board, district panchayat or Janapada Sabha or similar local authority established under any law for the time being in force relating to the constitution of such authorities and having jurisdiction over such area;]\n(2) \"local supervising authority\" in the case of a municipal area means the municipality established for such area, and in the case of any other area a district local board established for the said area;\n(3) \"maternity home\" means any premises used, or intended to be used, for the receiption of pregnant women or of women in or immediately after child birth;\n[(3-a) \"municipality\" means a municipal corporation, municipality municipal committee, town committee or similar local authority established under any law for the time being in force relating to the constitution of such authorities and \"municipal area\" means the local area within the jurisdiction of a municipality;]\n(4) \"nursing home\" means any premises used or intended to be used, for the reception of persons suffering from any sickness, injury or infirmity and the providing of treatment and nursing for them and includes a maternity home; and the expression \"to carry on a nursing home\" means to receive persons in a nursing home for any of the aforesaid purposes and to provide treatment or nursing for them;\n(5) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(6) \"qualified medical practitioner\" means a medical practitioner registered under the Bombay Medical Act, 1912 (Bombay VI of 1912), or any other law for the time being in force;\n[(7) \"qualified midwife\" means a midwife registered or deemed to be registered under the Bombay Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1954 (Bombay XIV of 1954) or any other corresponding law for the time being in force;\n(8) \"qualified nurse\" means a nurse registered or deemed to be registered under the Bombay Nurses, Midwifes and Health Visitors Act, 1954 (Bombay XIV of 1954), or any other corresponding law for the time being in force;]\n(9) \"register\" means to register under Section 5 of this Act and the expressions \"registered\" and \"registration\" shall be construed accordingly;\n(10) \"rules\" means rules made under this Act.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Prohibition to carry on nursing home without registration.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Application for registration.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Registration.",
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            "content": "(a) that he, or any person employed by him at the nursing home, is not a fit person, whether by reason of age or otherwise, to carry on or to be employed at a nursing home of such a description as the nursing home named in the application; or\n(b) that the nursing home is not under the management of a person who is either a qualified medical practitioner or a qualified nurse and who is resident in the home, or that there is not a proper proportion of qualified nurses among the persons having the superintendence of or employed in the nursing of the patient in the home; or\n(c) that in the case of a maternity home it has not got on its staff a qualified midwife; or\n(d) that for reasons connected with the situation, construction, accommodation, staffing or equipment, the nursing home or any premises used in connection therewith are not fit to be used for a nursing home of such a description as the nursing home mentioned in the application or that the nursing home or premises are used or are to be used for the purposes which are in any way improper or undesirable in the case of such nursing home.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Penalty for non-registration.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Cancellation of registration.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Notice of refusal or of cancellation of registration.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Inspection of nursing homes.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Income of local supervising authority.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Expenses of local supervising authority.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Penalty for offences under Act.",
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            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Offences by corporation.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Court competent to try offences under Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Indemnity to persons acting under this Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the form of the application to be made under Section 4,\n(b) the date on which an application for registration or renewal of registration to be made and the fees to be paid for such registration or renewal of registration,\n(c) the form of the certificate of registration to be issued under Section 5,\n(d) for any other matter for which no provision has been made in this Act, and for which provision is, in the opinion of the Provincial Government, necessary.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. By-laws.",
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            "content": "(a) prescribing the records to be kept of the patients received into a nursing home, and in the case of the maternity home, of miscarriages, abortions or still births occurring in the nursing home and of the children born therein and of the children so born who are removed from the home otherwise than to the custody or care of any parent; guardian or relative;\n(b) requiring notification to be given of any death occurring in the nursing home.\n(a) with fine which may extend to fifty rupees; or\n(b) with fine which may extend to fifty rupees and in the case of a continuing contravention, with, an additional fine which may extend to fifteen rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention; or\n(c) with fine which may extend to fifteen rupees for every day during which the contravention continues after the receipt of a notice from the local supervising authority by the person contravening the by-law requiring such person to discontinue such contravention.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Saving.",
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            "content": "(i) any nursing home carried on by Government or a local authority or by any other body of persons approved by the Provincial Government in his behalf; and\n(ii) any asylum for lunatics or patients suffering from mental diseases, within the meaning of the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 (IV of 1912).",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        }
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "guj133",
        "Act Number": "Bombay Act No. 15 of 1949",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1949",
        "Short Title": "The Bombay Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1949",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}