Registration Under Clinical Establishments Act

The Indian Medical Association has, in its correspondence with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, stated that the objectives sought to be achieved by Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 (CEA), can also be achieved by accreditation of such establishments by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH). 

Accreditation is a voluntary process and cannot be the basis for regulation. Only very few health care facilities have voluntarily applied for NABH accreditation so far. NABH accreditation is however, not a substitute for registration and regulation under the CEA. In terms of CEA, no one can run a clinical establishment unless it is duly registered under the Act. Further, the CEA does not have any provision to exempt accredited hospitals from registration. 

The Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.