Indian Nursing Council

Indian Nursing Council

Abbreviation	INC
Formation	1947;78 years ago (1947)
Type	Public
Legal status	Active
Purpose	Nursing, Nurse education
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Location	8th Floor, NBCC Center, Plot No. 2, Community Center, Okhla Phase-I, New Delhi, Delhi 110020
Coordinates	24°52′46″N71°15′16″E / 24.8794319°N 71.2543738°E / 24.8794319; 71.2543738
Official language	English
President	T. Dileep Kumar
Vice President	Dr. Jogendra Sharma
Parent organization	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Website	www.indiannursingcouncil.org

Indian Nursing Council is a national regulatory body for nurses and nurse education in India. It is an autonomous body under the Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, constituted by the Central Government under section 3(1) of the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947 of Indian parliament. ^[1] According to the original act the function of the council is to provide "uniformity in nursing education".

Functions

Its functions are as follow: ^[1]

• Recognition of nursing qualifications in India.^(10.1)
• Granting any nursing qualification: Grants a qualification in general nursing, midwifery, health visiting or public health nursing.^(10.2)
• The Council may enter into negotiations with any authority [in any territory of India to which this Act does not extend or foreign country] which by the law of such territory or country is entrusted with the maintenance of a register of nurses midwives or health visitors; for the settling of a scheme of reciprocity for the recognition of nursing qualifications.^(10.3)
• Indian Nursing Council has the Power to require information as to courses of study and training and examinations.⁽¹²⁾
• Inspect any institution recognized as a training institution, and to attend examinations held for the purpose of granting any recognized qualification or recognized higher qualification in India.⁽¹³⁾
• Withdrawal of recognition ⁽¹⁴⁾: The council may withdraw the recognition an institution recognized by a State Council for the training of nurses, midwives or health visitors does not satisfy the requirements of the council.
• Power to make regulations ⁽¹⁶⁾: The Council may make regulations not inconsistent with the Indian Nursing Council Act generally to carry out the provisions of this Act, and in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers.

State-level nursing councils

There are many registered state-level nursing councils. ^[2] They are granted autonomous rights by the nursing council.

Council Body [1]	State	Year of Establishment
Andhra Pradesh Nurses & Midwives Council [3]	Andhra Pradesh	1963
Arunachal Pradesh Nursing Council	Arunachal Pradesh
Assam Nurses Midwives & Health Visitor Council [4]	Assam	1953
Bihar Nurses Registration Council	Bihar
Chhattisgarh Nursing Council	Chhattisgarh
Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council	Kerala	1953
Maharashtra Nursing Council	Maharashtra
Delhi Nursing Council [5]	New Delhi	1997
Goa Nursing Council	Goa
Haryana Nurses & Nurses-Midwives Council [6]	Haryana
Punjab Nurses Registration Council	Punjab	2006
Karnataka Nursing Council [7]	Karnataka	1961
Uttar Pradesh Nurses & Midwives Council [8]	Uttar Pradesh	1934
Tamil Nadu Nurses And Midwives Council	Tamil Nadu	1926
Rajasthan Nursing Council [9]	Rajasthan	1964
Madhya Pradesh Nurses Registration Council [10]	Madhya Pradesh	1973
West Bengal Nursing Council [11]	West Bengal	1936

See also

• Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM)
• Nursing in India

References

1. "THE INDIAN NURSING COUNCIL ACT, 1947" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
2. State-Wise Nursing Council Archived 13 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine India Nursing Council, Retrieved on 29, October 2011.
3. "Andhra Pradesh Nurses, Midwives, Auxiliary Nurse-Midwives & Health Visitors Council". nmcouncil.ap.nic.in. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
4. "Assam Nurses' Midwives' & Health Visitors' Council, Assam, Department of Health Services, Assam, Hengrabari, Guwahati, Assam, India". assamnursingcouncil.in. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
5. "Home Page -Delhi Nursing Council". www.delhinursingcouncil.com.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220602064825/https://storifygo.com/. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. "Welcome to The Karnataka State Nursing Council". Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
8. "Uttar Pradesh State Medical Faculty". Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
9. "Rajsthan Nursing Council". www.rncjaipur.org. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
10. "Madhya Pradesh Nurses Registration Council". mpnrc.mp.gov.in. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
11. "West Bengal Nursing Council". www.wbnc.in.

External links

• Official website Archived 17 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine