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Parliament passes National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill 2023
Published on 10 Aug 2023
- The National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill 2023 has been approved by Parliament.
- The Bill provides for regulation and maintenance of standards of education and services by nursing and midwifery professionals.
- The Bill provides for setting up of a National Nursing and Midwifery Commission.
- According to the Bill, every state government will have to constitute a State Nursing and Midwifery Commission, where no such commission exists under the state law. The central government will also set up a Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Council. The Chairman of this Council will be the Chairman of the National Commission.
- The bill aims to provide quality and affordable dental education by regularising the dental profession in the country. The Bill seeks to repeal the Dentists Act, 1948.
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