State Act

The Assam Community Health Professionals (Registration and Competency) Act, 2015

3. (1) Every student who successfully completes the Course from any institution permitted by the Government of Assam to run the Course, shall be registered by the Director at Directorate of Medical Education, Assam, Guwahati and shall be issued with a Certificate of Registration as Community Health Professional. (2) The students who have already completed or have been undergoing the Diploma in Medicine and Rural Health Care (DMRHC) course in the Medical Institute, Jorhat, on the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have completed or have been undergoing as the case may be, the Paramedical Course of B.Sc (CH) for the purposes of this Act and shall acquire the same status to that of B.Sc (Community Health) graduates and they shall also be registered by the Director and issued with Certificate of Registration as Community Health Professionals : Provided that the Certificate of Registration issued by the Director under this sub-section to the students who have already completed Diploma in Medicine and Rural Health Care (DMRHC)course from the Medical Institute, Jorhat, shall be deemed to have been issued by the Director with effect from the date of issue of their respective Diplomas from the said Institute: Provided further that the students who have been undergoing the Diploma in Medicine and Rural Health Care (DMRHC) course in the Medical Institute, Jorhat on the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been undergoing the Course as defined under this Act and they shall be issued Certificate of Registration under this Act by the Director on completion of their Course.