Unlike the legal profession, the medical profession and medical institutions in India are not regulated solely by laws made by Parliament. In India, a typical healthcare provider or medical practitioner is subject to an interplay of central and state laws.
This is because the healthcare regulatory landscape in India is fragmented across central and state regulatory frameworks. While certain laws, such as the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, apply in narrowly defined contexts, others most notably the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 (earlier Indian Medical Council Act, 1956) have a far broader regulatory reach across the medical profession.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aman Verma
Aman Verma is the Manager – Legal & Regulatory Affairs at K&S Digiprotect. His area of work spans across helping data fiduciaries with data privacy compliances to handling regulatory affairs under telecom, media, and technology law areas.
- aman@knsdigiprotect.com