NLA passes Nagaland Medical Council Bill
Our Correspondent
Kohima | March 23
The Nagaland Medical Council Bill, 2014 was passed during the 4th session of the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) here on Saturday.
Our Correspondent
Kohima | March 23
The Nagaland Medical Council Bill, 2014 was passed during the 4th session of the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) here on Saturday.
The Bill is to provide for the constitution of a Medical Council for registration of medical graduates and for the registration of institutions imparting training to such technicians in the State and to regulate their qualification.
In a statement regarding the objectives and reasons for the Bill, Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Imkong L. Imchen, stated that in the interest of safety of life, it is deemed appropriate that health care system in the State is properly regulated. The modern medical care cannot be provided without the help of medical personnel, he stated. The Minister added that whereas, there are laws for laying down standards and creating bodies for enforcement in the case of medical education, yet there is no law or machinery to lay down standards and enforce them in case of medical personnel. As such, he said that the best way to regulate medical personnel is through the State Medical Council Act.
Imchen stated that in recent years, there has been a rapid growth of private medical institutions in the State. There is no regulation by any professional body over laboratory and diagnostic centres.
Accordingly, the medical minister said, it is felt expedient to establish a Medical Council to superintend over the allied health professionals and its institutions with the powers to recognize, register, laying down norms and standards for various courses and training, uniform curricula, physical and infrastructural facilities, staffing pattern and staff qualification, quality instruction, assessments and examination system.
On financial memorandum, the proposed introduction of the Nagaland Medical Council Bill 2014 shall be administered by the existing administrative set-up of the health and family welfare department, and will not entail any extra expenditure from the consolidated fund of the State.
