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ACT XII OF 2019 ACT XII OF 2019 BALOCHISTAN HEALTHCARE COMMISSION ACT, 2019 An Act to improve quality of healthcare services and ban quackery in all its forms and manifestations in Balochistan [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 16th December, 2019] No. PAB / Legis; V(10) / 2019, dated 16.12.2019.---The Balochistan Health Care Commission Bill 2019 Bill No. 10 of 2019 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 18th November, 2019 and assented to by the Governor Balochistan, on 10th December, 2019 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochitsan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to make provisions for the improvement of quality of healthcare services, clinical governance and to ban medical or health quackery in all its forms and manifestations and to provide for establishment of the Balochistan Healthcare Commission and the matters connected or ancillary thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 16. Licensing.---(1) A healthcare establishment shall not be used except in accordance with the terms and conditions of a license issued by the Commission. (2) If a healthcare establishment is not licensed under this Act, the Commission may impose a fine upon the healthcare service provider as prescribed by rules. (3) In case of shifting of a healthcare establishment, the license issued earlier under this Act shall be valid in accordance with the stipulated condition of original license and it shall be mandatory but the healthcare service provider shall inform the Commission prior to the shifting of the healthcare establishment. (4) Within thirty days of the issuance of the certificate of registration or such other time as may be fixed by the Government, the healthcare service provider shall make an application for a license to the Commission through the Chief Executive Officer office in the prescribed proforma/form which shall be accompanied by such particulars, documents and fees as the Commission may prescribed. The Health establishment shall go through the process of registration and accreditation once licensed.