PC & PNDT Act: Delhi Govt invites applications for those practicing ultrasound based on 6 month-1 year training

New Delhi: Informing about the compulsory assessment exam for all doctors who practice under the PC & PNDT Act on the basis of six months of training/one-year experience in ultrasonography with the District Appropriate Authorities under GNCT of Delhi, the Delhi government has recently invited applications for the said exam.

Through a recent notice, the Directorate of Family Welfare, Government of Delhi has released the schedule related to the PC & PNDT Examination competency-based assessment.

The attention of all medical practitioners, who are registered under PC & PNDT Act on the basis of six months of training/one year experience in ultrasonography with the District Appropriate Authorities under GNCT of Delhi and conducting ultrasound procedures, is drawn to the provisions of The Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) (Six Months Training) Rules, 2014 under which it is mandatory to undergo and qualify the competency-based assessment.

The competency-based assessment of all such practitioners will be conducted as per the provisions of The Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) (Six Months Training) Rules, 2014 and amendment 26.06.2020.  

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The applications are invited for appearing in the said examination. The application form and guidelines along with other details are available on the website of Health and Family welfare http://health.delhigovt.nic.in and DSHM https://dshm.delhi.gov.in between 05.04.2022 to 20.04.2022.

Duly filled application forms accompanied with required documents must be submitted to "State Programme officer" PC & PNDT, Directorate of Family Welfare, 7th Floor, B-Wing, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054 between 05.04.2022 to 20.04.2022 and latest by 20.04.2022, 5:00 p.m.

The list of eligible candidates will be displayed on the official website of Health and Family welfare http://health.delhigovt.nic.in and DSHM https://dshm.delhi.gov.in after screening of application forms along with the date and venue of the theory examination within 10-15 days after the last date of submission of the application form.

Candidates qualifying in the theory exam will be allowed for appearing in the practical examination.

The syllabus and pattern of examination will be as per the notification in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II section 3 subsection (i) January 10, 2014, and amendment vide notification dated 26.06.2020.

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