Section 8(3) in The Clinical Establishments (Central Government) Rules, 2012
(3)Powers of the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer for the purposes of provisional registration of clinical establishments. - The District Health Officer or the Chief Medical Officer (by whatever name called) shall exercise the following powers for the purposes of provisional registration of clinical establishments under sub-section (2) of section 10 of the Act, namely:-(a)for the purposes of provisional registration of the clinical establishment, an application in the prescribed proforma as adopted by the State government with the requisite fee as the State Government may by rules determine;(b)the application shall be filed in person or by post or online;(c)the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer shall, within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of such application, grant to the applicant a certificate of provisional registration in such form, particulars and information, as the State Government may by rules determine;(d)the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer shall not conduct any inquiry prior to the grant of provisional registration;(e)notwithstanding the grant of the provisional certificate of registration, the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer shall, within a period of forty five days from the grant of provisional registration, cause to be published in such manner, as the State Government may by rules determine, all particulars of the clinical establishment so registered provisionally;(f)where the clinical establishments in respect of which standards have been notified by the Central Government, provisional registration shall not be granted or renewed beyond.-(i)the period of two years from the date of notification of the standards in case of clinical establishments which came into existence before the commencement of this Act;(ii)the period of two years from the date of notification of the standards for clinical establishments which came into existence after the commencement of this Act but before the notification of the standards; and(iii)the period of six months from the date of notification of standards for clinical establishments which come into existence after standards have been notified;subject to the conditions as mentioned above, every provisional registration shall be valid till the last day of the twelfth month from the date of issue of the certificate of registration and such registration shall be renewable;(g)the application for renewal of registration shall be made to the District Health Officer or Chief Medical Officer within thirty days before the expiry of the validity of the certificate of provisional registration and, in case the application for renewal is made after the expiry of the provisional registration, the authority shall allow renewal of registration on payment of such enhanced fees, as the State Government may by rules determine;.(h)in case the certificate is lost, destroyed, mutilated or damaged, the authority shall issue a duplicate certificate on the request of the clinical establishment and on the payment of fees as the State Government may by rules determine.
