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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:- 25. Confidentiality.---(1) Any person including healthcare provider or establishment, print/electronic/social media's personnel shall not be permitted to take photos or make videos of healthcare recipient, provider, process/procedure and establishment without prior written permission of the concerned authority. Any violation of this provision shall be liable to such punishment as prescribed by rules. (2) The inspection team, inquiry team, redressal committee and investigation team shall not disclose identification and shall not express its views, judgment or aversive remarks by any means about healthcare provider and establishment. Any violation of this provision shall be liable to punishment as prescribed by rules.