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Structure of the NCHRH:
The Task Force was of the opinion that the existing jumbo size councils comprising of nominated and
elected members has not performed as expected and failed to meet the need of health professionals in
the country. Therefore, it was proposed to establish a compact Council of professionals with only five
members including the Chairman who are selected and appointed by the Central Government through
fair and credible process. The Council, in its function, shall be assisted by a full-time secretariat headed
by a Secretary General and the seven departments administering specific cadres of health
professionals. Following figure-1 gives a diagrammatic structure of the Council.
Figure 1: Structure of the National Council for Human Resources in Health
Composition of the Council:
The Central Government through a statute of the parliament shall constitute a body, comprising of five
members including a full-time Chairperson, to be known as the National Commission for Human
Resources inHealth to exercise the powers and to perform the functions outlined in thatAct.
Qualifications for theMembers:
The Members of the Council should be Indian citizens of eminent ability, integrity, social commitment
and professional standing with adequate knowledge and experience, at least of 10 years, in dealing
with medical or health education, regulation of university level professional education or leadership of
non-medical academic institutions imparting education in disciplines such as law, management or
public administration.
* Allied Health Sciences would include paramedics, lab technicians, optometrists, radiologists and the like.
National Council for
Human Resources in Health (5 members)
Chairperson
4 Members
Department of
Medicine
Department of
Nursing
Department of
Dentistry
Department of
Rehabilitation
&
Physiotherapy
Department
of Pharmacy
Department of
Public Health
& Hospital
Management
Department of
Allied Health
Sciences*
7 Directors
Secretariat
Secretary
General
NEWS LETTER - INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS - NOV.. 2010
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