The Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010
Chapter I: Preliminary
1. Short title,
application and commencement. –
1.
This
Act may be called the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation)
Act, 2010.
2.
It
applies, in the first instance, to the whole of the States of Arunachal
Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Sikkim and the Union territories; and it
shall apply to such other State which adopts this Act by resolution passed in
that behalf under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution.
3.
It
shall come into force at once in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh, Mizoram and Sikkim and the Union territories, on such date as the
Central Government may, by notification, appoint and in any other State which
adopts this Act under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution, on the
date of such adoption; and any reference in this Act to the commencement of
this Act shall, in relation to any State or Union territory, mean the date on
which this Act comes into force in such State or Union territory: Provided that
different dates may be appointed for different categories of clinical
establishments and for different recognised systems of medicine.