The Directorate of Medical Health and Family Welfare Services, Jaipur (“Directorate”) has, by a notification dated 20th March, 2018, issued Guidelines for the registration of importers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, dealers etc. (“Guidelines”).
Background:
With a view to directing strict compliance with Section 3B of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (“Act”), which provides for prohibition of ultrasound equipment to unregistered clinics, laboratories etc, the Directorate has issued the Guidelines to prevent the misuse of Ultrasonography machine, imaging machine or any other equipment for the purpose of prenatal sex determination which causes female foeticide in the state of Rajasthan.
Key Highlights of the Guidelines:
1. Sale, purchase, buy back or carrying out any transaction of ultrasonography (“USG”), imaging machine, probes or any other instrument capable of determining sex of foetus is permitted only from dealers, manufacturers, repairers etc. registered with the State Appropriate Authority under Government of Rajasthan.
2. Clinics/Doctors as well as the concerned Manufacturers, Distributors, Retailers must report all sale, purchase, buy back relating to the USG machine, imaging machines any other machines capable of detecting sex/ probes to the concerned District/Sub divisional Appropriate Authority.
3. Until the online mechanism for reporting is developed, the manufacturers, distributors, retailers, importers etc must report on email id pcpndt-rj@nic.in and a hard copy is to be submitted to the State Appropriate Authority, Directorate of Medical and Health Department Swasthya Bhavan Jaipur, Rajasthan.
4. The procedure for Standby machines is same to that of fresh registration of machine and is allowed only with the permission from the concerned Appropriate Authority.
For further reference, please refer to the link below.
Please note that while the notification is 20th March, 2018, it has been made available on 25th June, 2018.
