The Goa Medical Practitioners Rules, 2011

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    "title": "The Goa Medical Practitioners Rules, 2011",
    "short_title": "The Goa Medical Practitioners Rules, 2011",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. 22/1/2003-I/PHD, d",
    "act_year": 2011,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
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    "description": "The Goa Medical Practitioners Rules, 2011",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) 'Act' means the Goa Medical Practitioners Act, 2004 (Goa Act 9 of 2004);\n(b) 'clinic' means a place where one or more Medical Practitioners provide medical treatment to the Out-patients;\n(c) 'Director' means the Director of Health Services, Goa;\n(d) 'Form' means a form appended to these rules;\n(e) 'hospital' means a place where patients are admitted as In-patients and where treatment is available for a number of ailments;\n(f) 'license' means a license granted under the provisions of the Act and these rules;\n(g) 'Medical Superintendent' means a person, by whatever name and designation he/she is called, who is a medical practitioner and is in-charge of, or is entrusted with the running of a Clinic, Hospital or Nursing Home;\n(h) 'nursing home' means a place where the patients are admitted and where they can avail of specific specialty medical services;\n(i) 'Schedule' means a Schedule appended to these rules;",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Minimum Standards.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Procedure for obtaining license.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Manner of filing appeal.",
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            "content": "Schedule\n( See rule 3)\n(2) They should be free from communicable or contagious diseases and medically examined at the time of appointment and thereafter at every six months.\n(3) They should wear clean clothes or identifiable uniforms.\n(1) A Consulting Room;\n(2) A Patient Room;\n(3) A Reception/Lobby area;\n(4) Equipments and Instruments of good quality and inadequate quantity to carry out the various required tasks;\n(5) Beds with mattresses and linen;\n(6) Adequate number of toilets with water facility;\n(7) Fully equipped Operation Theatre and Labour Room;\n(8) Proper method of disposal of Bio-Medical Waste as per the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, as amended from time to time.\nForm I\nForm I\n[ See rule 4 (1)]\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nAge:\nQualifications:\nLocation:\nAge:\nQualifications:\nLocation:\nAge:\nQualifications:\nLocation:\n(Please attach a separate sheet if the space provided is insufficient).\nForm II\nForm II\n[ See rule 4 (4)]\n(i)\n(ii)\nCompetent Authority\nNotifications\nNotifications\n22/1/2003-I/PHD.\n22/1/2003-I/PHD(B).\n22/1/2003-I/PHD.",
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        "Act ID": "goa145",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. 22/1/2003-I/PHD, dated 11th February, 2011",
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        "Act Year": "2011",
        "Short Title": "The Goa Medical Practitioners Rules, 2011",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}