Proposed State Allied and Healthcare Council will function as per guidelines of NCAHP Act 2021

 

NAHARLAGUN, Jul 15: Arunachal Pradesh will soon be having its Allied and Healthcare Council, a statutory body that will have the exclusive authority in framing policies and standards and regulating professional conduct and qualifications of the state’s allied and healthcare professionals.
The important decision was taken today in a consultative and advocacy meeting convened by the Directorate of Medical Education, Training & Research with the representatives of Directorate of Higher & Technical Education of Rajiv Gandhi University, Directorate of Health Services and Directorate of Family Welfare. The meeting which discussed the provisions of the NCAHP Act 2021 was chaired by Director of Medical Education Training & Research Dr. R. Doye and attended by DFW Dr. Emi Rumi, Additional DHS Dr. S. Bhattacharjee, DD (TE) Sanjay Bengia, DDME Dr. S.E Khamti, SMO RGU Dr. Akin Tana Tara, HRS Dr. Nabam Peter and DD (Nursing) Kijum Karga.
Establishment of the proposed State Allied and Healthcare Council will mark the implementation of the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021 (NCAHP Act 2021) in the state which was passed by the Parliament in March 2021. According to the new NCAHP Act which seeks to regulate and standardize the healthcare profession in India, a central statutory body or Commission that will frame policies and standards, regulate professional conduct and qualifications for allied and healthcare professionals, besides providing uniformity of service standards across institutions in the country, will be established. The Act also allows the states to set up their respective State Allied and Healthcare Councils to execute the major provisions of the Act through autonomous boards. The said councils will be the state-level implementation agencies while the National Commission will be the overarching body devising policies along with maintaining the National and State registers of all allied healthcare professionals.
According to the Act, it will now be mandatory to get permission for establishment of new allied and healthcare institutions, introducing new courses etc. and no person other than a registered allied and healthcare professional shall hold office as an allied and healthcare professional (by whatever name called) in government or in any institution maintained by a local or other authority or provide services in any of the recognised categories in any state and be entitled to sign or authenticate any certificate required by any law for the time being in force that requires to be signed or authenticated by a duly qualified allied and healthcare professional.
The Act has defined an “allied health professional” as an associate, technician or technologist trained to perform any technical and practical task to support diagnosis and treatment of illness, disease, injury or impairment and support implementation of any healthcare treatment and referral plan recommended by a medical, nursing or any other healthcare professional and who has obtained any qualification of diploma or degree under this Act. “Healthcare Professional” has been defined as a scientist, therapist or other professional who studies, advises, researches, supervises or provides preventive, curative, rehabilitative, therapeutic or promotional health services and who has obtained any qualification of degree under this Act.
“Allied Services” will broadly include professional categories such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, ophthalmic sciences, nutrition sciences, medical laboratory and life sciences, medical radiology, imaging and therapeutic technology, medical technologists and physician associates, trauma, burn care and surgical/anesthesia-related technology, community care and behavioural health sciences and health information management and health informatics.
Expected to benefit an approximately one million allied and healthcare-related professionals in the country, the NCAHP Act will fulfill a long-standing demand of these professionals for establishing a regulatory body in line with the existing regulatory bodies such as National Medical Commission, Dental Council of India, Indian Nursing Council etc. PR from HRS

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