The Punjab Medical Teaching Institutions (Reforms) Act 2020
The Punjab Medical Teaching Institutions (Reforms) Act 2020
The Punjab Medical Teaching Institutions (Reforms) Act was enacted on 07 May 2020. It aims to improve medical education and enhance effectiveness, efficiency, and responsiveness of healthcare services in Medical Teaching Institutions. Whereas for the purposes of this Act, Medical Teaching Institution shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of movable and immovable property and may in its name sue and be sued, provided that a Medical Teaching Institution shall not dispose of an immovable property without permission of the Government. According to The Punjab Medical Teaching Institutions (Reforms) Act every Medical Teaching Institution shall consist of a college, or a teaching institution and such number of hospitals as may be notified by the Government. All employees of the Medical Teaching Institutions shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860). Under this Act, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for giving effect to the provisions of the Act. Whereas unless otherwise provided by the Act and subject to subsection (4) of section 13, the provisions of the Act shall have an overriding effect and the provisions of any such law to the extent of inconsistency with the Act shall cease to have effect.
