(1)

Qualifications and the terms and conditions for appointment of the members of the authority. - The district registering authority established by way of notification by the State Government under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Act shall consist of three other members who shall be nominated by the District Collector or District Magistrate and they shall include the City Police Commissioner or Senior Superintendent of Police or Superintendent of Police, or his nominee, as the case may be, a senior level officer of the Local Self Government at the district level, one representative from a professional medical association or body having presence preferably in the district or within the State, as the case may be, for a tenure of two years.

(2)

Filling up of casual vacancy. - If a casual-vacancy occurs whether by reason of death, resignation or inability to discharge functions owing to illness or any other incapacity of a nominated member, such vacancy shall be filled by the District collector District Magistrate by making a fresh appointment and the member so appointed shall hold office only for the remaining tenure of the person in whose place he is so appointed.

(3)

Powers of the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer for the purposes of provisional registration of clinical establishments. - The District Health Officer or the Chief Medical Officer (by whatever name called) shall exercise the following powers for the purposes of provisional registration of clinical establishments under sub-section (2) of section 10 of the Act, namely:-

(a) for the purposes of provisional registration of the clinical establishment, an application in the prescribed proforma as adopted by the State government with the requisite fee as the State Government may by rules determine;

(b) the application shall be filed in person or by post or online;

(c) the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer shall, within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of such application, grant to the applicant a certificate of provisional registration in such form, particulars and information, as the State Government may by rules determine;

(d) the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer shall not conduct any inquiry prior to the grant of provisional registration;

(e) notwithstanding the grant of the provisional certificate of registration, the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer shall, within a period of forty five days from the grant of provisional registration, cause to be published in such manner, as the State Government may by rules determine, all particulars of the clinical establishment so registered provisionally;

(f) where the clinical establishments in respect of which standards have been notified by the Central Government, provisional registration shall not be granted or renewed beyond.-

(g) the application for renewal of registration shall be made to the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer within thirty days before the expiry of the validity of the certificate of provisional registration and, in case the application for renewal is made after the expiry of the provisional registration, the authority shall allow renewal of registration on payment of such enhanced fees, as the State Government may by rules determine;

(h) in case the certificate is lost, destroyed, mutilated or damaged, the authority shall issue a duplicate certificate on the request of the clinical establishment and on the payment of fees as the State Government may by rules determine.