Telangana Adopts Clinical Establishment Act to regulate Private Hospitals

If the hospitals are found not complying with the minimum standards, the authorities can now impose penalties as well. 

Besides, the DRA will now collect fees from the hospitals for services such as granting provisional and permanent registration, renewal, duplicate certificate, change of ownership etc.  Similarly, the Diagnostic laboratories, physiotherapy units, CT and MRI scan labs will have to register by paying fees.

The amount of fees collected by DRA is dependent on the bed-strength of the respective hospitals. In case of hospitals with more than 200 beds  the registration fee is Rs 16,000, for hospitals with 100 to 200 beds the fee has been fixed at Rs 14,000, for 50-100 beds the fee is Rs 12,000 and for less than 50 beds, the fee is 10,000.

In case of solo practitioner, the Registration fee of Rs 4,000 has to be paid and there is separate fee for renewals, duplicate certificates, change of ownership etc.

DRA will grant registration to the hospitals for a period of 5 years, and after the time period, the hospitals need to renew again. However, the State has exempted the Central and State Government hospitals from paying the registration fees.

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