After two years of enacting the Goa Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Act, the government on Monday finally notified the rules for its implementation. The rules broadly lay down minimum standards that registered clinical establishments in the state should maintain in terms of infrastructure and qualified manpower.
The old legislation Goa Medical Practitioners Act that was repealed after the new legislation came into force, lacked in many aspects.
Under the new rules, every clinical establishment requires to maintain certain minimum standards of facilities and services. The rules have also specified minimum personnel doctors, paramedics and technical staff that a registered unit will have to appoint. Trainee staff in nursing, paramedical and medical fields will not be considered as such.