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| Sham chairs PC & PNDT Act State Supervisory Board meeting | | Insertion of 3 yr imprisonment clause in existing rules endorsed | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 26 : The Government has decided to add teeth to the existing Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Sex Selection/Determination Act (PC&PNDT) by making certain amendments in the existing rules to incorporate the provision of three years imprisonment and fine up to rupees fifty thousand on the person found running unregistered clinics. The Jammu and Kashmir State Supervisory Board (SSB) for PC&PNDT Act proposes recommendations to make amendments in the rules by inserting a clause in Rule 11 (2) of the PC&PNDT rules 2006 on the lines of amendment made by the government of India, which also provides for the confiscation of equipments of the unregistered Ultra Sound Clinics, were today agreed upon at a meeting of the Board, with the Minister for Health, Sham Lal Sharma in the chair.
The meeting also endorsed the recommendation to introduce medical audit of the Ultrasound clinics- centres to ensure proper monitoring of such clinics under the PC&PNDT Act. The medical audit of clinics would include scrutiny of records in respect of all pre-conception or pregnancy related procedures to curb the rampant misuse of medical technology for sex-selection. Accordingly the appropriate authorities at Divisional and District levels under PC&PNDT Act shall conduct regular medical audit of the records and the department shall devise a mechanism and issue necessary orders for implementation of medical audit of all US Clinics/Centres.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister, who is also the Ex-Officio Chairman of the State Supervisory Board, called for seeking the support of Civil Society to deal with the grave issue. He said that efforts of the government alone are not adequate to deal with this sensitive issue and people from all the sections of the society have to play their part to make the people aware about the consequences of such evil practice. Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Pardeep Gupta, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Dr. Asgar Hussain Samoon, Secretary Health and Medical Education M. K. Devidi, Director Health Services Jammu, Dr. Madhu Khullar, Director ISM Dr. Abdul Kabir Dar, Special Secretary Law Mrs. Farhat Tabasum, Nodal Officer PC&PNDT Dr. Nighat Yasmeen, senior officers of Law, Health, Social Welfare Departments, heads of various units of Health, Medical Education Departments and senior Doctors, Radiologists attended the meeting. |
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