PART II EXTRAORDINARY

COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE /

CHAIRPERSON, MULTI-MEMBER STATE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY

(PC&PNDT), GOLLAPUDI, A.P., VIJAYAWADA.

Rc.No.0698/PC & PNDT/2012-2020(VOL.4).

Dated: 04-12-2020.

CH&FW, A.P. - PC&PNDT ACT - AMENDMENT TO THE SIX MONTHS TRAINING

RULES, 2014.

Ref :

File No. V11011/112019-PNDT, Dated: 01.07.2020 from Sri Ajay Kumar,

Under Secretary to the Government of India, MoH&FW (PNDT Division),

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(Department of Health and Family Welfare)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 26th June, 2020

G.S.R. 419(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (i) of sub-section (2) of

section 32 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex

Selection) Act, 1994 (57 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules

further to amend the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex

Selection) (Six Months Training) Rules, 2014, namely :-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques

(Prohibition of Sex Selection) (Six Months Training) Amendment Rules, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

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2.

In the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection)

(Six Months Training) Rules, 2014.(hereinafter referred to as the said rules),

(a)In rule 6 for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rules shall be substituted namely :-

“(2) The existing registered medical practitioners, who are conducting ultrasound procedures

in a Genetic Clinic or Ultrasound Clinic or Imaging Centre on the basis of one year experience

or six months training are exempted from undertaking the said training provided they are

able to qualify the competency based assessment as specified in Schedule II.

(3)If a medical practitioner fails to clear the said competency based examination after three

attempts, he shall undertake the complete six months training, as provided under these

rules, for the purpose of renewal of registration.”

(b)

In Schedule II, under the heading “Guidelines for assessment for Final Examination”,

after items II, the following items shall be inserted namely: -

“II. (a) PRACTICAL ASSESMENT FINAL EXAMINATION

(a)

20 marks for log book

(b)

50 marks for demonstrations

(c)

30 marks viva

II.

(b) PRACTICALASSESMENT COMPETENCY BASED ASSESSMENT

(a)

60 marks for demonstrations

(b)

40 marks viva

Note: The examiner can choose any FIVE for Final Examination and SIX

for Competency Based Assessment of these TEN for demo and allot 10 marks

each

III.

Viva - 30 marks on three case situations for Final Examination and 40 marks

on four case situations for Competency Based Assessment

3.

In rule 7, the following words shall be substituted, namely:-

(b) Medical Council of India recognised institutions offering Post Graduate programmes

in Obstetrics and Gynaecology or Radiology;

(c) Institutions offering full time residency DNB programme in Obstetrics and

Gynaecology or Radiology.

4.

In rule 8, the following words shall besubstituted, namely:-

(a) Intake for admission to such trainings shall be up to 1:4 teacher to students ratio.

(b) Selection shall be as per the merit list of the State Post Graduate Entrance Exam or

any other appropriate merit recognised by the Central Government/State

Governments.

(c) Preference upto 50 percent of the seats shall be given to the Government in service

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candidates.

(d) Seats as mutually decided by the States/Union Territoriesshall be provided to the

candidates from other States or Union Territories where there are no accredited

institutes for imparting Six Months Training in ultrasonography.

5.

In rule 9, the following words shall be deleted,namely:-

“On or before I^s1 January, 2017”

6.

In rule 9, the following rule shall be inserted as 9 (1), namely:-

The States/Union Territories shall complete the Competency based assessment for already

registered medical practitioners within two years of this notification.”

7.

In rule 14, the following proviso shall be inserted as 14 (a), namely:-

“Certificate for qualifying Six Months Training in Ultrasonography and Competency

based assessment shall be issued by Director Medical Education and countersigned

by the concerned State Appropriate Authority”

[F. No. V.11011/11/2019-PNDT]

DR. MANOHAR AGNANI,

Joint Secretary.

BHASKAR KATAMNENI,

Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare /

Chairman, Multi-Member State Appropriate Authority

(PC&PNDT).

Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, Section 3,

Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 13 (E) and 14 (E), dated the 9^thJanuary, 2014 and subsequently

amended vide:-

1.G.S.R. 77 (E), dated the 31^st January’ 2014;

2.G.S.R. No. 119(E), dated the 24^th February, 2014;

3.G.S.R. No. 60 (E), dated the 28^thJanuary, 2015and

4.G.S.R. No. 492 (E), dated the 23^rd May, 2017.

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