Section 7(3) in West Bengal Clinical Establishment (Registration, Regulation and Transparency), Rules, 2017
(3)The service providers can be classified into the following categories: (a) Medical professional staff; (b) Nursing professional staff; (c) Pharmacist; (d) Allied-Medical /Paramedical professional staff; (e) Healthcare Assistant/attendant; (f) Administrative-Managerial staff; (g) Non-medical technical staff; (h) Other staff as specified in schedule II.Explanation 1. - Allied-medical professional' means any person having adequate professional qualification who can practice his profession to assist a registered medical practitioner in practice, or teaching or research of medicine and who can also administer appropriate non-pharmacological therapy and shall include professionals like physiotherapists, occupational therapist, clinical psychologist, Nutritionist etc. or any such professional as may be notified but shall not include Pharmacist, Nurses, or para-medical professional.Explanation 2. - paramedical professional' means any person having adequate professional qualification who can practice his profession to assist a registered medical practitioner in practice, or teaching or research of medicine but who cannot administer any pharmacological or non-pharmacological therapy and shall include professionals like such Medical Technician/ Technologists or any such professional as may be notified but shall not include Pharmacist, Nurses, or allied-medical professional.Illustration: non-pharmacological therapy shall include any recognized form of therapy like physiotherapy, occupational therapy, counseling, dietary advice etc. but shall not include therapies which can only be administered by a registered medical practitioner like acupuncture, radiotherapy etc.Explanation 3. - Healthcare Assistant/attendant: means such appropriately trained and qualified personnel who has successfully undergone Education and training rendered by West Bengal Council for vocational Education training or similar institution and who can assist the (a) Medical professional staff; (b) Nursing professional staff; (c) Pharmacist; or (d) Allied-Medical /Paramedical professional staff in rendering healthcare services and shall include Assistant/attendant like such General Duty Attendant, Bedside Assistant, Dresser, Midwifery Assistant, Pharmacy Assistant or any such Healthcare Assistant/attendant as may be notified.
