1. 1st March , 2012, vide notification No. S.O. 342(E), dated 28th February , 2012, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, sec. 3(ii).
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(b)“certificate ” means certificate of registration issued under section 30; (c)“clinical establishment ” means- (i)a hospital, maternity home, nursing home, dispensary, clinic, sanatorium or an institution
by whatever name called that offers services, facilities requiring diagnosis, treatment or care for
illness, injury, deformity, abnormality or pregnancy in any recognised system of medicine
established and administered or maintained by any person or body of persons, whether
incorporated or not; or (ii)a place established as an independent entity or part of an establishment referred to in sub -
clause ( i), in connection with the diagnosis or treatment of diseases where pathological,
bacteriological, genetic, radiological, chemical, biological investigations or other diagnostic or
investigative services with the aid of laboratory or other medical equipment, are usually carried
on, established and administered or maintained by any person or body of persons, whether
incorporated or not,
and shall include a clinical establishment owned, contro lled or managed by - (a)the Government or a department of the Government; (b)a trust, whether public or private; (c)a corporation (including a society) registered under a Central, Provincial or State Act, whether
or not owned by the Government; (d)a local authority; and (e)a single doctor,
but does not include the clinical establishments owned, controlled or managed by the Armed Forces.
Explanation .-For the purpose of this clause “Armed Forces ” means the forces constituted under the
Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950) , the Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950) and the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957) ; (d)“emergency medical condition ” means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute
symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) of such a nature that the absence of immediate
medical attention could reas onably be expected to result in - (i)placing the health of the individual or, with respect to a pregnant women, the health of the
woman or her unborn child, in serious jeopardy; or (ii)serious impairment to bodily functions; or (iii)serious dysfunction of any organ or part of a body; (e)“National Council ” means the National Council for clinical establishments established under