Supreme Court on Drugs, Medical Laws and Medical Negligence (1950 to 2013)

This Comprehensive digest for the first time brings together seemingly different topics on Medical Laws (Drugs, Cosmetics, Medical Practice and Practitioners and Public Health) including the rulings given under Article 21 of the Constitution. The Painstaking work provides complete coverage of law on Drugs, Medical Laws and Medical Negligence as laid down by the Supreme Court from its inception in 1950 to date.

The important topics covered in the book include:

1-Eligiibility and Right to Practice Medicine, Operate, Run Clinics, Nursing Homes, Hospitals, etc (including the entire case-law on the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, Dentists Act, 1948, etc.)

2-Medical Negligence

3-Drugs, Cosmetics and Pharmacy (Including the entire case-law on the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940)

4-Duties of Doctors and Medical Ethics

5-Abortion Norms and Infanticide Prohibition

6-Transplantation of Human Organs.

1. Eligibility and Right to Practise Medicine Operate/ Run Clinics/Nursing Homes/Hospitals, etc

1.1 Degree/Eligibility/Medical Education

1.2 Registration/Enrolment to practice

1.3 Unauthorised Doctors/Quacks

1.4 Right to Practise

1.5 Right to run Clinic/Hospital/Nursing home/Land use

1.6 Medical Degrees Act, 1916

1.7 Medical Practitioners and Dentist Act, Cap 152 of Laws of Tanzania

1.8 Punjab Medical Registration Act, 1916 (2 of 1916)

2. Medical Practice and Practitioners .

2.1 Generally

2.2 Allopathic Practice and Practitioners

2.2.1 Bengal Medical Act, 1914 (6 of 1914)

2.2.2 Bihar and Orissa Medical Act, 1916 (2 of 1916)

2.2.3 Bombay Medical Act, 1912 (6 of 1912)

2.2.4 Bombay Medical Practitioners Act, 1938 (26 of 1938) .

2.2.5 General Medical Council of UK

2.2.6 Indian Medical Council Act, 1933

2.2.7 Indian Medical Council Act, 1956

2.2.8 Maharashtra Medical Council Act, 1965 (46 of 1965)

2.2.9 Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961 (28 of 1961)

2.2.10 Rajasthan Medical Act, 1952 (13 of 1952)

2.2.11 Travancore-Cochin Medical Practitioners Act, 1953 (9of 1953) .

2.2.12 Travancore-Cochin Medical Practitioners Rules

2.2.13 U.P. Medical Act, 1917 (3 of 1917)

2.3 Dental Practice and Practitioners

2.3.1 Dental Council (Election) Regulations, 1952

2.3.2 Dentists Act, 1948

2.4 Indian/Alternative Medical Practice and Practitioners .

2.4.1 Ayurvedic Physician

2.4.2 Bihar Ayurvedic Medical Science Regulations

2.4.3 Bihar Development of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine Act, 1951 (31 of 1951)

2.4.4 Bihar Development of Homeopathic Systems of Medicine Act, 1953 (24 of 1953)

2.4.5 Bombay Homeopathic and Biochemic Practitioners’ Act, 1959 (12 of 1960)

2.4.6 E.P. Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1949 (14 of 1949)

2.4.7 Homeopathy Central Council Act, 1973

2.4.8 Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 .

2.4.9 Orissa Homeopathic Act, 1956 (8 of 1957)

2.4.10 PEPSU Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 2008

2.4.11 Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1963 (42 of 1963)

2.4.12 Rajasthan Homeopathic Medicine Act, 1969 (1 of 1970)

2.4.13 Rajasthan Indian Medicine Act, 1953 (5 of 1953)

2.4.14 U.P. Indian Medicine Act, 1939 (10 of 1939)

2.5 Veterinary Practice and Practitioners

2.5.1 Bombay Veterinary Practitioners Act, 1953 (68 of 1953)

2.5.2 Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984

2.5.3 Indian Veterinary Practitioners Regulations, 1992

2.5.4 Maharashtra Veterinary Practitioners Act, 1971 (44 of 1971)

2.5.5 Maharashtra Veterinary Practitioners (Conditions for Registration of Persons Actually Conducting Veterinary Practice) Regulations, 1981DICAL LAWS

3. Duties of Doctors and Medical Ethics

3.1 Generally

3.2 Action against Medical Practitioners .

3.3 Doctor and Patient

3.4 Government doctors/Central/State Health Services

3.5 Hippocratic Oath

3.6 Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquett e and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 .

3.7 International Code of Medical Ethics

3.8 MCI Code of Medical Ethics .

3.9 U.N. Principles of Medical Ethics, 1982 .

4. Medical Negligence .

5. Drugs, Cosmetics and Pharmacy

5.1 Cosmetics .

5.2 Drugs, Medicines and Medicaments .

5.3 Drug Policy, 1994

5.4 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 .

5.5 Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945

5.6 Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954

5.7 Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1970

5.8 Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1979

5.9 Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1987

5.10 Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995

5.11 Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP)

5.12 Kerala Pharmacy Council (Amendment) Rules, 1994

5.13 Marketing and Retailing of Drugs

5.14 Patent Protection

5.15 Pharmacy Act, 1948

5.16 Taxation of drugs and cosmetics ICAL LAWS

6. Public Health

6.1 Generally

6.2 Right to Health and Health care under Art. 21 of Constitution

6.2.1 Generally

6.2.2 Clear air and water — Availability of

6.2.3 Employees, Provision of health care facilities for

6.2.4 Genetically Modifi ed Crops (GM Crops)

6.2.5 Health insurance

6.2.6 Municipal cleanliness

6.2.7 Noise pollution

6.2.8 Passive smoking .

6.2.9 Polluting Industrial units, Relocation of

6.2.10 Public health facilities/measures and Sports .

6.2.11 Slaughter houses, Freedom from waste from .

6.2.12 Sleep and other essentials for health

6.2.13 Urban environment and natural resources

6.2.14 Vehicular pollution .

6.3 Blood banks

6.4 Health Policy

6.5 Government doctors/Central/State Health Services

7. Abortion Norms and Infanticide Prohibition

7.1 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971

7.2 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules

7.3 Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994

7.4 Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Rules, 1996

8. Transplantation of Human Organs

8.1 Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994

8.2 Transplantation of Human Organs Rules, 1995

9. Taxation of Medical Practice and Practitioners