
For the purpose of access, the RMP should display a Certificate to this effect from the owner of the approved place. In the case of termination of early pregnancy up to 7 weeks using RU-486 with Misoprostol, the same may be prescribed by a Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) as defined under clause (d) of section2 of the Act and Section 4 of MTP Rules, at his clinic, provided such a Registered Medical Practitioner has access to a place approved under Section 4 of the MTP Act, 1971 read with MTP Amendment Act, 2002 and Rules 5 of the MTP Rules. (c) Drugs and parental fluids for emergency use, notified by Government of India from time to time.(b ) An aesthetic equipment, resuscitation equipment and sterilization equipment.(a) An operation table and instruments for performing abdominal or gynaecological surgery.In case of second trimester, that is,up to 20 weeks of pregnancy:. In case of first trimester,that is, up to 12 weeks of pregnancy:-Ī gynecology examination / labour table, resuscitation and sterilization equipment, drugs and parental fluid, back up facilities for treatment of shock and facilities for transportation and (ii) Unless the following facilities are provided therein, namely:.(i) Unless the Government is satisfied that termination of pregnancies may be done therein under safe and hygienic conditions and.(1) No place shall be approved under clause (b) of section 4,.(d) In case of a medical practitioner who has been registered in a State MedicalRegister and who holds a post-graduate degree or diploma in gynaecology and obstetrics, the experience or training gained during the course of such degree or diploma.(ii) For terminations up to twenty weeks the experience or training as prescribed undersub rules(a), (b) and(d) shall apply.(i) This training would enable the Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) to do only 1stTrimester terminations(up to 12 weeks of gestation).(c) if he has assisted a registered medical practitioner in the performance of twenty-five cases of medical termination of pregnancy of which at least fivehave been performed independently, in a hospital established or maintained or a training institute approved for this purpose by the government.(ii) unless the following facilities are provided therein, if he had experience at any hospital for a period of not less than one year in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology or.(i) if he has completed six months of house surgency in gynaecology and obstetrics or.(b) In the case of a medical practitioner, who is registered in a State Medical Register:.(a) In the case of a medical practitioner, who was registered in a State Medical Register immediately before the commencement of the Act, experience in the practice of gynaecology and obstetrics for a period of not less than three years.Experience andtraining under clause (d) of Section 2 :-įor the purpose of clause (d) of section (2), a registered medical practitioner shall have one or more of the following experience or training in gynaecology and obstetrics, namely (2) Tenure of the Committee shall be for two calendar yearsand the tenure of the non-government members shall not be more thantwoterms.Ĥ.(1) One member of the district level Committee shall be theGynaecologist/ Surgeon/Anaesthetist and other members from the local medical profession, non-governmental organization, and Panchayati Raj Institution of the District.Provided that one of the members of the Committee shall be a woman.Composition and tenure of District level Committee (e) Committee means a committee constituted at the district level under the proviso to clause (b) of section 4 read Rule 3.ģ.(d) Owner in relation to a place means any person who is the administrative head or otherwise responsible for the working or maintenance of a hospital or place, by whatever name called, where the pregnancy may be terminated under this Act.(c) Form means a form appended to these rules.(b) Chief Medical Officer of the District means the Chief Medical Officer of a District, by whatever name called.(a) Act means the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971) and the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002 (64 of 2002).Definitions -In this rules, unless the context otherwise requires, (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.Ģ.(1) These rules may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2003.485(E) -In exercise of powers conferred by section 6 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules,namely :- 1.
