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Medical facility, means such facility as may be notified by the State Government to be a medical facility for the purposes of this Act. [The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, s. 2(j)]...
Health
Health, The state of being sound or whole in body, mind, or soul; freedom from pain or sickness, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Health, See QUARANTINE; ADULTERATION; VACCINATION; and PUBLIC HEALTH.The term health implies more than an absence of sickness. Medical care and health facilities not only protect against sickness but also ensures stable manpower for economic development. Facilities of health and medical care generate devotion and dedication to give the workers' best, physically as well as mentally, in productivity. It enables the worker to enjoy the fruit of his labour, to keep him physically fit and mentally alert for leading a successful, economic, social and cultural life. The medical facilities are, therefore, part of social security and like gilt-edged security, it would yield immediate return in the increased production or at any rate reduce absenteeism on grounds of sickness, etc. Health is thus a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely ...
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation, refers to a process aimed at enabling persons with disabilities to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric or social functional levels. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (w)]By rehabilitation what is meant is not to provide shelter alone. The real purpose of rehabilitation can be achieved only if those who are sought to be rehabilitated are provided with shelter, food and other necessary amenities of life. Providing medical facilities would come within the concept of the word 'rehabilitation', Collector of 24 Parganas v. Lalit Mohan Mullick, AIR 1986 SC 622 (625): (1986) 2 SCC 138.The process of seeking to improve a criminal's character and onlook so that he or she can function in society without committing other crimes, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn...
Infrastructure facilities
Infrastructure facilities, means industrial, comm-ercial or any other facility for development and operation of the zone and includes any other facilities and amenities as may be notified by the State Government, the Gujarat Special Economic Zone Act, 2004, s. 2(h).Means industrial, commercial or social infrastructure or other facilities necessary for the development of a Special Economic Zone of such other facilities which may be prescribed. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005), s. 2(p)]...
Registered medical practitioner
Registered medical practitioner, means a medical practitioner who possesses any medical qualifica-tion as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) and whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 53 Expln. (b), see also Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005 (25 of 2005), s. 8]Means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognised medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of s. 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register and who has such experience or training in gynaecology and obstetrics as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act. [Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971), s. 2(d)]Means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognised medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of s. 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and who is enrolled on a State Medical Register as ...
Medical practitioners
Medical practitioners. The term is applied to physicians and surgeons. By s. 32 of the (English) Medical Act, 1858, only a registered medical practitioner can sue for his charges, and by s. 6 of the (English) Medical Act, 1886, a fellow of a College of Physicians may be prohibited by bye-law of the College from suing; and such bye-law has been passed. It is an offence for any person falsely to pretend that he holds a medical or surgical qualification (s. 40, Act of 1858), but it is not an offence merely to practise surgery or medicine, see Whitwell v. Shakerly, (1932) 147 LT 157 (bone-setter, osteopathic physician and surgeon). The registration of medical men in controlled by the Medical Council. See GENERAL COUNCIL, and Medical Acts of 1858, 1859, 1860, 1876, 1886 and 1905. The College of Physicians, with other bodies, was empowered to grant qualifications of registration to women by the Medical Act, 1876 ('Russell Gurney's Act'). See also APOTHECARIES....
Qualified medical practitioner
Qualified medical practitioner, means a person having a certificate granted by an authority specified in the Schedule to the Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916, or notified under s. 3 of that Act or specified in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and includes any person having a certificate granted under any Provincial or State Medical Council Act. [Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961), s. 2 (j); See also Mines Act, 1952, s. 2(1)(n)]Means any person registered under any Central Act Provincial Act, or an Act to the Legislature of a State providing for the maintenance of a register of medical practitioners, or, in any area where no such last-mentioned Act is in force, any person declared by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to be a qualified medical practitioner for the purposes of this Act. [Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, s. 2 (1) (i)]...
Limited common areas and facilities
Limited common areas and facilities, means those common areas and facilities which are designated in writing by the promoter before the allotment, sale or other transfer of any apartment as reserved for use of certain apartment or apartments to the exclusion of the other apartments. [Delhi Apartment Ownership Act, 1986 (58 of 1986), s. 3(q)]...
Medical geneticist
Medical geneticist, means a person who possesses a degree or diploma or certificate in medical genetics in the field of pre-natal diagnostic techniques or has experience of not less than two years in such field after obtaining--(i) any one of the medical qualifications recognised under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956); or(ii) a post-graduate degree in biological sciences. [Pre Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (57 of 1994), s. 2 ]...
Medical Officer
Medical Officer, means a gazetted medical officer in the service of Government and includes a medical practitioner declared, by a general or special order of the State Government, to be a medical officer for the purposes of this Act. [Mental Health Act, 1987 (14 of 1987), s. 2 (i)]...
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