PRESS RELEASE

27.12.2007

                                                                PARLIAMENT OF INDIA

                                                            RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT   

 

DEPARTMENT –RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE INVITES   SUGGESTIONS ON THE PARAMEDICAL AND PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTRAL COUNCILS-BILL, 2007

 

The Paramedical and Physiotherapy Central Councils-Bill, 2007 as  introduced in the Lok Sabha on 4th December, 2007 and pending therein, has been referred to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare headed by Shri Amar Singh, M.P., Rajya Sabha for examination and report thereon.

 

2.         The Paramedical and Physiotherapy Central Councils-Bill, 2007 proposes to set up separate Council for Medical Laboratory Technicians, Radiology Technicians and Physiotherapists/Occupational Therapists with a view to maintain proper standards in the training of the paramedical professionals.  These Councils will be responsible, inter alia, for maintenance of uniform standards of education in the respective disciplines and registration of qualified personnel for practising the profession.

 

3.         In order to have wider consultations, the Committee has decided to invite written memoranda containing suggestions/views/comments of individuals/institutions/ organizations interested in the subject matter of the Bill.

 

4.         Those interested in the subject matter of the Bill may obtain on requisition, a copy of the Bill from the Committee Officer (H&FW), Room No. 218, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi-110001 or have it downloaded from the Rajya Sabha  website http://rajyasabha.nic.in under the heading 'Bills with the Committee’.

 

5.         Those desirous of submitting memoranda to the Committee may send two copies thereof, either in English or Hindi, to Smt. Arpana Mendiratta, Deputy Director, Room No. 222, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi - 110001 [Tel: 23035428(O), Fax: 23018708] E-mail: rs-chfw@sansad.nic.in within 30 days of publication of the advertisement.  Besides, those who are desirous of giving oral evidence before the Committee are requested to indicate so, for consideration of the Committee.

 

6.         The memoranda submitted to the Committee will form part of the records of the Committee and would be treated as strictly confidential and may not be made public as such an act would constitute breach of privilege of the Committee.

                                                                            

 

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