law: The Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 
  2. Definitions. – 
  In this Act, unless
  
  the context otherwise requires,-
  a.     
  
    "authority"
  
  means the district registering authority set-up under section 10;
  b.    
  
    "certificate"
  
  means certificate of registration issued under section 30;
  c.     
  
    "clinical
  
  establishment" means-
               
  
   i.        
  
    a
  
  hospital, maternity home, nursing home, dispensary, clinic, sanatorium or an
  
  institution by whatever name called that offers services, facilities requiring
  
  diagnosis, treatment or care for illness, injury, deformity, abnormality or
  
  pregnancy in any recognised system of medicine established and administered or
  
  maintained by any person or body of persons, whether incorporated or not; or
  a
  
  place established as an independent entity or part of an establishment referred
  
  to in sub-clause (i), in connection with the diagnosis or treatment of diseases
  
  where pathological, bacteriological, genetic, radiological, chemical,
  
  biological investigations or other diagnostic or investigative services with
  
  the aid of laboratory or other medical equipment, are usually carried on,
  
  established and administered or maintained by any person or body of persons,
  
  whether incorporated or not, and shall include a clinical establishment owned,
  
  controlled or managed by-
  a.     
  
    the
  
  Government or a department of the Government;
  b.    
  
    a
  
  trust, whether public or private;
  c.     
  
    a
  
  corporation (including a society) registered under a Central, Provincial or
  
  State Act, whether or not owned by the Government;
  d.    
  
  
  
    a
  
  local authority; and
  e.     
  
    a
  
  single doctor, but does not include the clinical establishments owned,
  
  controlled or managed by the Armed Forces. Explanation.-For the purpose of this
  
  clause "Armed Forces" means the forces constituted under the Army
  
  Act, 1950, the Air Force Act, 1950 and the Navy Act, 1957;
  (d) "emergency
  
  medical condition" means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute
  
  symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) of such a nature that
  
  the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to
  
  result in-
               
  
   i.        
  
    placing
  
  the health of the individual or, with respect to a pregnant women, the health
  
  of the woman or her unborn child, in serious jeopardy; or
  serious
  
  impairment to bodily functions; or
             
  
   iii.        
  
    serious
  
  dysfunction of any organ or part of a body;
  a.     
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
  
  d.     
  
  
  e.     
  
    "National
  
  Council" means the National Council for clinical establishments established
  
  under section 3;
  f.     
  
    "notification"
  
  means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
  g.    
  
    "prescribed"
  
  
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act by the Central Government or, as
  
  the case may be, the State Government;
  h.     
  
    "recognised
  
  system of medicine" means Allopathy, Yoga, Naturopathy, Ayurveda,
  
  Homoeopathy, Siddha and Unani System of medicines or any other system of
  
  medicine as may be recognised by the Central Government;
  a.      
  
  
  b.      
  
  
  c.      
  
  
  d.      
  
  
  e.      
  
  
  f.      
  
  
  g.      
  
  
  h.      
  
  
  i.      
  
    "register"
  
  means the register maintained by the authority, State Government and the
  
  Central Government under sections 37, 38 and 39 respectively of this Act
  
  containing the number of clinical establishments registered;
  j.      
  
  
  
    "registration"
  
  means to register under section 11 and the expression registration or
  
  registered shall be construed accordingly;
  k.     
  
    "rules"
  
  means rules made under this Act;
  l.      
  
    "Schedule"
  
  means the Schedule appended to this Act;
  m.   
  
    "standards"
  
  means the conditions that the Central Government may prescribe under section
  
  12, for the registration of clinical establishments;
  n.     
  
    "State
  
  Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator
  
  thereof appointed under article 239 of the Constitution; and
  o.    
  
    "to
  
  stabilise (with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions)"
  
  
  
  means, with respect to an emergency medical condition specified in clause (d),
  
  to provide such medical treatment of the condition as may be necessary to
  
  assure, within reasonable medical probability, that no material deterioration
  
  of the condition is likely to result from or occur during the transfer of the
  
  individual from a clinical establishment.