AYUS practitioners should be tried for Professional, Ethical Misconducts: Parl Panel calls for proper definitions
New Delhi: Just like doctors of modern medicine, practitioners of Indian Systems of Medicine including Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha will be soon held responsible for their Professional as well as Ethical conducts, as a parliamentary panel has recommended proper definitions for the same to be incorporated in the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2019
" The Committee is also of the view that since the proposed Bill is an attempt to improve access to quality and affordable medical education and treatment in the field of Indian System of Medicine and promote medical ethics, it is therefore pertinent to define the terms "Professional Misconduct” and “Ethical Misconduct” in the Bill appropriately so that there are no ambiguities in the proposed legislation," stated department-related Parliamentary standing committee of Health and Family Welfare in its report. The report Titled One Hundred Fifteenth Report on the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2019 was presented before the Rajya Sabha last month.
The committee believed that this is necessary for protection of patient interests.
" This will help in the protection of interest and rights of the patients or their legal heirs visiting any Indian System of Medicine clinic/professional. The patients and their legal heirs who have suffered due to Professional and Ethical Misconduct of the ISM professional should be able to appeal against their misconduct," the committee stated
The Committee, therefore, recommended that the definitions of the terms "Professional Misconduct” and “Ethical Misconduct” should be incorporated in the definition clause of the Bill and the same may be borrowed from the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002.
" However, at the same time, necessary safeguard should be put in place to protect the rights of the titioner and they should not be subject to unnecessary harassment," it warned
Currently Practitioners of Indian Medicine (Standards of Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Code of Ethics) Regulations, 1982 regulates the conduct of registered ISM practitioners
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the committee also sought the inclusion of yoga and naturopathy in the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, stating these age-old practices with focus on holistic health are an integral part of Indian culture and the AYUSH system.
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" The Committee is also of the view that since the proposed Bill is an attempt to improve access to quality and affordable medical education and treatment in the field of Indian System of Medicine and promote medical ethics, it is therefore pertinent to define the terms "Professional Misconduct” and “Ethical Misconduct” in the Bill appropriately so that there are no ambiguities in the proposed legislation," stated department-related Parliamentary standing committee of Health and Family Welfare in its report. The report Titled One Hundred Fifteenth Report on the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2019 was presented before the Rajya Sabha last month.
The committee believed that this is necessary for protection of patient interests.
" This will help in the protection of interest and rights of the patients or their legal heirs visiting any Indian System of Medicine clinic/professional. The patients and their legal heirs who have suffered due to Professional and Ethical Misconduct of the ISM professional should be able to appeal against their misconduct," the committee stated
The Committee, therefore, recommended that the definitions of the terms "Professional Misconduct” and “Ethical Misconduct” should be incorporated in the definition clause of the Bill and the same may be borrowed from the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002.
" However, at the same time, necessary safeguard should be put in place to protect the rights of the titioner and they should not be subject to unnecessary harassment," it warned
Currently Practitioners of Indian Medicine (Standards of Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Code of Ethics) Regulations, 1982 regulates the conduct of registered ISM practitioners
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the committee also sought the inclusion of yoga and naturopathy in the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, stating these age-old practices with focus on holistic health are an integral part of Indian culture and the AYUSH system.
Read Also: Parliamentary Panel seeks Inclusion of Yoga, naturopathy in National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill
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