The Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Department through a notification dated June 4, 2018, issued the Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishments (Regulation) Rules, 2018.
Key Highlights of the Rules.
- The Rules specify the minimum facilities of a clinical establishment
- The process for registration and renewal of the establishments
- The different duties of clinical establishments, in addition to the duties and responsibilities specified in the Act, have been defined, which include the following:
- display of Registration Certificate;
- maintenance of records, in electronic form, showing the names, addresses and the qualifications of its employees and the equipments maintained by it;
- maintenance of records relating to the clinical observation, test, investigation, diagnostic opinion advice and treatment given to the person, who has visited the hospital either as an in-patient or out-patient;
- maintenance of clinical records (any paper, film, printout, slide, solution, medium which can be deciphered or used to indicate and diagnose the condition of the human body or a part of it or any material taken out of it and the course of treatment administered to or undergone by any person) of its activities relating to a patient
Source: http://cms.tn.gov.in/sites/default/files/rules/clinical_Establishments_Rules_2018.pdf
