Consensus Statement of Padma Awardee Doctors' Forum Regarding
CONSENSUS STATEMENT (Padma Awardee Doctors' Forum) Indian Journal of Clinical Practice, Vol. 30, No. 4, September 2019 Consensus Statement of Padma Awardee Doctors’ Forum Regarding Exclusion of Medical Professionals from the Consumer Protection Act India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi | August 28, 2019 KK AGGARWAL, AK BHALLA, AK GROVER, ANOOP MISRA, ARVIND LAL, AS SOIN, ASHOK SETH, BN SAHI, DS GAMBHIR, GANESH MANI, GK KHATRI, HARSH MAHAJAN, KALYAN BANERJEE, KK SETHI, KK TALWAR, M KHALILULLAH, M WALI, MADAN MOHAN, MAHESH VERMA, MALVIKA SABHARWAL, NEELAM KLER, NIKHIL TANDON, NITISH NAIK, NK PANDEY, NM SHROFF, NP GUPTA, P LAL, P VENUGOPAL, RAMAN KAPOOR, RANDHIR SUD, RK GROVER, SANJEEV BAGAI, SAUMITRA RAWAT, SC MANCHANDA, TS KLER, UPENDRA KAUL, YASH GULATI he Consumer Protection Bill, 1986 was passed by CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019 both the Houses of Parliament and it received the assent of the President on 24th December 1986. The Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 has been passed T by both Houses of Parliament i.e. Lok Sabha (30th It came on the Statutes Book as The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986). The Legislature while July 2019) and Rajya Sabha (6th August 2019). Thus, drafting the Bill, 1986 had specifically not included the a new law on consumer protection has been enacted services provided by the medical professionals in the i.e. the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. The new term of services. Also, there is no mention of medical act does not include services rendered by medical professionals, doctors, etc., anyplace in the Consumer professionals. Protection Act, 1986. Earlier, when amendments to the Consumer Protection The fact that there is a distinction between a profession Act were introduced in 2015, there was no mention and an occupation was the main reason for not of “health care” in the list of examples of as to including the medical professionals under the purview what constitutes “service”.
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