Doctors can refuse to treat in case of unruly patients, say new NMC regulations

Doctors can refuse to treat in case of unruly patients, say new NMC regulations

Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi Doctors can now refuse treatment to the unruly and violent patients and in such cases, the doctors have been told to follow a procedure of properly documenting and reporting the said violence, their refusal and referral of the patient to other health facilities, noted the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) gazette notification, which notified the … Read more

Understanding the regulations and risks of AI – ET HealthWorld

Understanding the regulations and risks of AI – ET HealthWorld

By Balakrishna D. R. Artificial intelligence (AI) has gained tremendous visibility over the last few years for its ability to show us better ways to do the things that businesses do, with an analysis of outcomes and the capacity to rewrite traditional business rulesSummarizing its power, Gartner says CEOs and CIOs believe one-fifth of their … Read more

Dynamic jurisdiction of ITAT, simpler compliance window being considered

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A dynamic jurisdiction of the direct tax tribunal allotting cases for Income Tax appeals to various benches without human intervention, and a new compliance window to regularise technical lapses relating to filings and disclosures by tax payers are understood to have figured among the proposed revenue-neutral changes in tax regulations that have been examined by … Read more

RBI’s fourth regulatory sandbox cohort on financial frauds

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will open the fourth cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) on prevention and mitigation of financial frauds, governor Shaktikanta Das said. The central bank has so far introduced three cohorts. Six entities have successfully exited the first Cohort on ‘Retail Payments’ while under the second Cohort on ‘Cross Border … Read more

Regulation of mobile medical health applications in India

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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, mHealth apps became the select delivery channel for contact tracing and symptom monitoring. By Sanjay Kumar Currently, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), under the Drugs & Cosmetics  (D&C) Act, 1940 and Medical Device Rules (MDR), is not regulating medical mobile apps that could be brought within the purview of … Read more

Proposed NBFC norms may strengthen their balance sheets: Moody’s

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The Reserve Bank of India‘s recent proposal for tighter regulatory framework for non-banking financial companies may strengthen their balance sheets but will not address their funding and liquidity issues, says a report. Last week, RBI released a discussion paper which proposed a scale-based regulatory approach linked to the systemic risk contribution of shadow lenders. In … Read more