NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR HOMOEOPATHY (NCH) BILL, 2018

Salient features:

• It proposes to setup a National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) which will replace the existing regulator Central Council for Homoeopathy (CCH) so as to ensure transparency.
  
  
• Under NCH, three autonomous boards will be setup:
  • Homoeopathy Education Board will be entrusted with conducting overall education of Homoeopathy.
    
    
  • The Board of assessment and rating will assess and grant permission to educational institutions of Homoeopathy.
    
    
  • Board of ethics and registration of practitioners of Homoeopathy will maintain National Register and ethical issues relating to practice are under the NCH.
    
    
  
  
  
• Examinations:
  • It proposes a common entrance exam and an exit exam which all graduates will have to clear to get practicing licenses.
    
    
  • Further, a teacher's eligibility test has been proposed to assess the standard of teachers before appointment and promotions.
    
    
  
  
  

Comment:

• It aims at bringing reforms in the medical education of Homoeopathy in lines with the National Medical Commission proposed for setting up for Allopathy system of medicine.
  
  
• The existing regulator Central Council for Homoeopathy (CCH) had been earlier superseded by Board of Governors through an Ordinance and subsequent amendment of Act.