THE REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA ACT, 1992 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS  
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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

THE REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA 

3.  Constitution and incorporation of Rehabilitation Council of India. 
4.  Term of office of Chairperson and members. 
5.  Disqualifications. 
6.  Vacation of office by members. 
7.  Executive Committee and other committees. 
8.  Member-Secretary and employees of Council. 
9.  Vacancies in the Council not to invalidate acts, etc. 
10.  Dissolution  of  Rehabilitation  Council  and  transfer  of  rights,  liabilities  and  employees  of 

Rehabilitation Council to Council. 

CHAPTER III 

FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL 

11.  Recognition of qualifications granted by University, etc., in India for rehabilitation professionals. 
12.  Recognition of qualifications granted by institutions outside India. 
13.  Rights of persons possessing qualifications included in the Schedule to be enrolled. 
14.  Power to require information as to courses of study and examinations. 
15.  Inspectors as examinations. 
16.  Visitors at examinations. 
17.  Withdrawal of recognition. 
18.  Minimum standards of education. 
19.  Registration in Register. 
20.  Privileges of persons who are registered on Register. 
21.  Professional conduct and removal of names from Register. 
22.  Appeal against order of removal from Register. 
23.  Register. 
24.  Information to be furnished by Council and publication thereof. 
25.  Cognizance of offences. 
26.  Protection of action taken in good faith. 
27.  Employees of Council to be public servants. 
28.  Power to make rules. 
29.  Power to make regulations. 
30.  Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament. 

THE SCHEDULE. 

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THE REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA ACT, 1992 

ACT NO. 34 OF 1992 

[1st September, 1992.] 
An Act to provide for the constitution of the Rehabilitation Council of India for regulating  1[and 
monitoring the training of rehabilitation professionals and personnel, promoting research in 
rehabilitation  and  special  education,]  the  maintenance  of  a  Central  Rehabilitation  Register 
and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Rehabilitation Council of India 

Act, 1992. 

(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date2  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint. 

2. Definitions.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a)  “Chairperson”  means  the  Chairperson  of  the  Council  appointed  under  sub-section  (3)  of 

section 3; 

(b) “Council” means the Rehabilitation Council of India constituted under section 3; 
3[(c)  “handicapped”  means  a  person  suffering  from  any  disability  referred  to  in  clause  (i)  of 
section  2  of  the  Persons  With  Disabilities  (Equal  Opportunities,  Protection  of  Rights  and  Full 
Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996);] 

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(f)  “member”  means  a  member  appointed  under  sub-section  (3)  of  section  3  and  includes  the 

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Chairperson; 

(g)  “Member-Secretary”  means  the  Member-Secretary  appointed  under  sub-section  (1)  of          

section 8; 

(h) “mental retardation” means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a 

person which is specially characterised by sub-normality of intelligence; 

(i) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; 

(j) “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations; 

(k)  “recognised  rehabilitation  qualifications”  means  any  of  the  qualifications  included  in  the 

Schedule; 

(l)  “Register”  means  the  Central  Rehabilitation  Register  maintained  under  sub-section  (1)  of 

section 23; 

(m) “regulations” means regulations made under this Act; 
5[(ma) “rehabilitation” refers to a process aimed at enabling persons with disabilities to reach and 

maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric or social functional levels;] 

(n) “rehabilitation professionals” means— 

(i) audiologists and speech therapists; 

(ii) clinical psychologists; 

(iii) hearing aid and ear mould technicians; 

1. Subs. by Act 38 of 2000, s. 2, for “the training of rehabilitation professionals and” (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 
2.  31st  July,  1993,  vide  notification  No.  S.O.  288(E),  dated  28th  April,  1993,  see  Gazette  of  India,  Extraordinary,  Part  II,                 

sec. 3(ii). 

3. Subs. by Act 38 of 2000, s. 3, for clause (c) (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 
4. Clauses (d) and (e) omitted by s. 3, ibid. (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 
5. Ins. by s. 3, ibid. (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 

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(iv) rehabilitation engineers and technicians; 

(v) special teachers for educating and training the handicapped; 

(vi)  vocational  counsellors,  employment  officers  and  placement  officers  dealing  with 

handicapped; 

(vii) multi-purpose rehabilitation therapists, technicians; or 

(viii)  such  other  category  of  professionals  as  the  Central  Government  may,  in  consultation 

with the Council, notify from time to time; 

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2[(1A)  Words  and  expressions  used  and  not  defined  in  this  Act  but  defined  in  the  Persons  With 
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996) shall 
have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.] 

(2) Any reference in this Act to any enactment or any provision thereof shall, in relation to an area in 
which such enactment or such provision is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding 
law or the relevant provision of the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area. 

CHAPTER II 

THE REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA 

3. Constitution and incorporation of Rehabilitation Council of India.—(1) With effect from such 
date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf, there shall be constituted for 
the purposes of this Act a Council to be called the Rehabilitation Council of India. 

(2) The Council shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a 
common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, 
both movable and immovable, and to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued. 

(3) The Council shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

3[(a)  a  Chairperson,  from  amongst  the  persons  having  experience  in  administration  with 
professional  qualification  in  the  field  of  rehabilitation,  disabilities,  and  special  education,  to  be 
appointed by the Central Government; 

(b)  such  number  of  members  not  exceeding  seven,  as  may  be  nominated  by  the  Central 
Government, to represent the Ministries of the Central Government dealing with matters relating to 
persons with disabilities;] 

(c)  one  member  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central  Government  to represent  the  University  Grants 

Commission; 

(d) one member to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the Directorate General 

of Indian Council of Medical Research; 

(e)  two  members  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central  Government  to  represent  the  Ministry  or 
department  of  the  States  or  the  Union  territories  dealing  with  Social  Welfare  by  rotation  in 
alphabetical order; 

(f) such number of members not exceeding six as may be appointed by the Central Government 

from amongst the rehabilitation professionals working in voluntary organisations; 

(g) such number of members not exceeding four as may be appointed by the Central Government 

from  amongst  the  medical  practitioners  enrolled  under  the  Indian  Medical  Council  Act,  1956            
(102 of 1956) and engaged in rehabilitation of the handicapped; 

(h) three Members of Parliament of whom two shall be elected by the House of the People and 

one by the Council of States; 

1. Clause (o) omitted by Act 38 of 2000, s. 3 (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 
2. Ins. by s. 3, ibid. (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 
3. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for clauses (a) and (b) (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 

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(i)  such  number  of  members  not  exceeding  three  as  may  be  nominated  by  the  Central 

Government from amongst the social workers who are actively engaged in assisting the disabled; 

(j) the Member-Secretary, ex officio. 

(4) The office of member of the Board shall not disqualify its holder for being chosen as, or for being, 

a Member of either House of Parliament. 

4.  Term  of  office  of  Chairperson  and  members.—(1)  The  Chairperson  or  a  member  shall  hold 
office for a term of two years from the date of his appointment or until his successor shall have been duly 
appointed, whichever is longer. 

(2) A casual vacancy in the Council shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of section 3 and 
the  person  so  appointed  shall  hold  office  only  for  the  remainder  of  the  term  for  which  the  member  in 
whose place he was appointed would have held that office. 

(3) The Council shall meet at least once in each year at such time and place as may be appointed by 
the Council and shall observe such rules of procedure in the transaction of business at a meeting as may 
be prescribed. 

(4)  The  Chairperson  or,  if  for  any  reason,  he  is  unable  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Council,  any 
member  elected  by  the  members  present  from  amongst  themselves  at  the  meeting,  shall  preside  at  the 
meeting. 

(5) All questions which come up before any meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of 
votes of the members present and voting, and in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairperson, or in 
his absence, the person presiding shall have a second or casting vote. 

5. Disqualifications.—No person shall be a member if he— 

(a) is, or becomes, of unsound mind or is so declared by a competent court; or 

(b) is, or  has  been, convicted  of any  offence  which,  in  the  opinion  of the  Central  Government, 

involves moral turpitude; or 

(c) is, or at any time has been, adjudicated as insolvent. 

6. Vacation of office by members.—If a member— 

(a) becomes subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in section 5; or 

(b)  is  absent  without  excuse,  sufficient  in  the  opinion  of  the  Council,  from  three  consecutive 

meetings of the Council; or 

(c) ceases to be enrolled on the Indian Medical Register in the case of a member referred to in 

clause (g) of sub-section (3) of section 3, 

his seat shall thereupon become vacant. 

7. Executive Committee and other committees.—(1) The Council shall constitute from amongst its 
members  an  Executive  Committee  and  such  other  committees  for  general  or  special  purposes  as  the 
Council deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

(2) The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chairperson who shall be member ex officio and not 
less then seven and not more than ten members who shall be nominated by the Council from amongst its 
members. 

(3) The Chairperson shall be the Chairperson of the Executive Committee. 

(4)  In  addition  to  the  powers  and  duties  conferred  and  imposed  upon  it  by  this  Act,  the  Executive 
Committee  or  any  other  committee  shall exercise and  discharge  such  powers  and  duties  as the  Council 
may confer or impose upon it by any regulations which may be made in this behalf. 

8. Member-Secretary and employees of Council.—(1) The Central Government shall appoint the 
Member-Secretary of the Council to exercise such powers and perform such duties under the direction of 
the Council as may be prescribed or as may be delegated to him by the Chairperson. 

(2) The  Council  shall,  with  the  previous  sanction  of the  Central  Government, employ  such  officers 

and other employees as it deems necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. 

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(3) The Council shall, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, fix the allowances to be 

paid  to  the  Chairperson  and  other  members  and  determine  the  conditions  of  service  of  the                    
Member-Secretary, officers and other employees of the Council. 

9. Vacancies in the Council not to invalidate acts, etc.—No act or proceeding of the Council or any 
committee thereof shall be called in question on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or 
any defect in the constitution of, the Council or a committee thereof, as the case may be. 

10.  Dissolution  of  Rehabilitation  Council  and  transfer  of  rights,  liabilities  and  employees  of 
Rehabilitation  Council  to  Council.—(1)  On  and  from  the  date  of  the  constitution  of  the  Council,  the 
Rehabilitation Council shall stand dissolved and on such dissolution,— 

(a)  all  properties  and  assets,  movable  and  immovable,  of,  or  belonging  to,  the  Rehabilitation 

Council shall vest in the Council; 

(b)  all  the  rights  and liabilities  of  the  Rehabilitation Council  shall  be transferred  to,  and  be the 

rights and liabilities of, the Council; 

(c) without prejudice to the provisions of clause (b), all liabilities incurred, all contracts entered 
into  and  all  matters  and  things  engaged  to  be  done  by,  with  or  for  the  Rehabilitation  Council 
immediately  before  that  date,  for  or  in  connection  with  the  purposes  of  the  said  Rehabilitation 
Council shall be deemed to have been incurred, entered into, or engaged to be done by, with or for, 
the Council; 

(d)  all  sums  of  money  due  to  the  Rehabilitation  Council  immediately  before  that  date  shall  be 

deemed to be due to the Council; 

(e)  all  suits  and  other  legal  proceedings  instituted  or  which  could  have  been  instituted  by  or 
against  the  Rehabilitation  Council  immediately  before  that  date  may  be  continued  or  may  be 
instituted by or against the Council; and 

(f) every employee holding any office  under the Rehabilitation Council immediately before that 
date shall hold his office in the Council by the same tenure and upon the same terms and conditions of 
service as respects remuneration, leave, provident fund, retirement and other terminal benefits  as he 
would have held such office as if the Council had not been constituted and shall continue to do so as 
an  employee  of  the  Council  or  until  the  expiry  of  a  period  of  six  months  from  that  date  if  such 
employee opts not to be the employee of the Council within such period. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) or any other 
law for the time being in force, absorption of any employee by the Council in its regular service under this 
section shall not entitle such employee to any compensation under that Act or other law and no such claim 
shall be entertained by any court, tribunal or other authority. 

Explanation.—In  this section,  “Rehabilitation  Council”  means the  Rehabilitation  Council,  a society 
formed  and registered  under the  Societies  Registration  Act, 1860 (21  of  1860) and  functioning  as such 
immediately before the constitution of the Council. 

CHAPTER III 

FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL 

11.  Recognition  of  qualifications  granted  by  University,  etc.,  in  India  for  rehabilitation 
professionals.—(1) The qualifications granted by any University or other institution in India which are 
included in the Schedule shall be recognised qualifications for rehabilitation professionals. 

(2) Any University or other institution which grants qualification for the rehabilitation professionals 
not  included  in  the  Schedule  may  apply  to  the  Central  Government  to  have  any  such  qualification 
recognised,  and  the  Central  Government,  after  consulting  the  Council  may,  by  notification,  amend  the 
Schedule so as to include such qualification therein and any such notification may also direct that an entry 
shall  be  made  in  the  last  column  of  the  Schedule  against  such  qualification  only  when  granted  after  a 
specified date. 

12. Recognition of qualifications granted by institutions outside India.—The Council may enter 
into negotiations with the authority in any country outside India for settling of a scheme of reciprocity for 
the recognition of qualifications, and in pursuance of any such scheme, the Central Government may, by 
notification, amend the Schedule so as to include therein any qualification which the Council has decided 

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should  be  recognised,  and  by  such  notification  may  also  direct  that  an  entry  shall  be  made  in  the  last 
column of the Schedule declaring that it shall be the recognised qualification only when granted after a 
specified date. 

13.  Rights  of  persons  possessing  qualifications  included  in  the  Schedule  to  be  enrolled.—             

(1) Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act, any qualification included in the Schedule shall 
be sufficient qualification for enrolment on the Register. 

(2)  No  person,  other  than  the  rehabilitation  professional  who  possesses  a  recognised  rehabilitation 

qualification and is enrolled on the Register,— 

(a)  shall  hold  office  as  rehabilitation  professional  or  any  such  office  (by  whatever  designation 

called) in Government or in any institution maintained by a local or other authority; 

(b) shall practice as rehabilitation professional anywhere in India; 

(c)  shall  be  entitled  to  sign  or  authenticate  any  certificate  required  by  any  law  to  be  signed  or 

authenticated by a rehabilitation professional; 

(d) shall be entitled to give any evidence in any court as an expert under section 45 of the Indian 

Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872) on any matter relating to the handicapped: 

Provided  that  if  a  person  possesses  the  recognised  rehabilitation  professional  qualifications  on  the 
date of commencement of this Act, he shall be deemed to be an enrolled rehabilitation professional for a 
period of six months from such commencement, and if he has made an application for enrolment on the 
Register within said period of six months, till such application is disposed of. 

1[(2A)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  sub-section  (2),  any  person  being  a  doctor  or  a 
paramedic in the  field  of  physical  medicine  and  rehabilitation,  orthopaedics, ear,  nose or throat  (ENT), 
ophthalmology or psychiatry, employed or working in any hospital or establishment owned or controlled 
by  the  Central  Government  or  a  State  Government  or  any  other  body  funded  by  the  Central  or  a  State 
Government  and  notified  by  the  Central  Government,  may  discharge  the  functions  referred  to  in                
clauses (a) to (d) of that sub-section.] 

(3) Any person who acts in contravention of any provision of sub-section (2) shall be punished with 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand 
rupees, or with both. 

14. Power to require information as to courses of study and examinations.—Every University or 
institution in India which grants a recognised qualification shall furnish such information as the Council 
may, from time to time, require as to the courses of study and examinations to be undergone in order to 
obtain such qualification, as to the ages at which such courses of study and examinations are required to 
be  undergone  and  such  qualification  is  conferred  and  generally  as  to  the  requisites  for  obtaining  such 
qualification. 

15. Inspectors as examinations.—(1) The Council shall appoint such number of Inspectors as it may 
deem  requisite  to  inspect  any  University  or  institution  where  education  for  practising  as  rehabilitation 
professionals is given or to attend any examination held by any University or institution for the purpose of 
recommending  to  the  Central  Government  recognition  of  qualifications  granted  by  that  University  or 
institution as recognised rehabilitation qualifications. 

(2) The Inspectors appointed under sub-section (1) shall not interfere with the conduct of any training 
or  examination  but  shall report  to the  Council  on the adequacy  of  the  standards of  education  including 
staff, equipment, accommodation, training and other facilities prescribed for giving such education or of 
the sufficiency of every examination which they attend. 

(3)  The  Council  shall  forward  a  copy  of  the  report  of  the  Inspector  under  sub-section  (2)  to  the 
University or institution concerned and shall also forward a copy, with the remarks of the University or 
the institution thereon, to the Central Government. 

16. Visitors at examinations.—(1) The Council may appoint such number of Visitors as it may deem 
requisite  to  inspect  any  University  or  institution  wherein  education  for  rehabilitation  professionals  is 
given or attend any examination for the purpose of granting recognised rehabilitation qualifications. 

1. Ins. by Act 38 of 2000, s. 5 (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 

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(2) Any person, whether he is a member of the Council or not, may be appointed as a Visitor under 
sub-section (1) but a person who is appointed as an Inspector under sub-section (1) of section 15 for any 
inspection or examination shall not be appointed as a Visitor for the same inspection or examination. 

(3) The Visitor shall not interfere with the conduct of any training or examination but shall report to 
the  Chairperson  on  the  adequacy  of  the  standards  of  education  including  staff,  equipment, 
accommodation,  training  and  other  facilities  prescribed  for  giving  education  to  the  rehabilitation 
professionals or on sufficiency of every examination which they attend. 

(4)  The  report  of  a  Visitor  shall  be  treated  as  confidential  unless  in  any  particular  case  the 

Chairperson otherwise, directs: 

Provided that if the Central Government requires a copy of the report of a Visitor, the Council shall 

furnish the same. 

17. Withdrawal of recognition.—(1) When upon report by the Inspector or the Visitor it appears to 

the Council— 

(a) that the courses of study and examination to be undergone in or the proficiency required from 

candidates at any examination held by any University or institution, or 

(b)  that  the  staff,  equipment,  accommodation,  training  and  other  facilities  for  instruction  and 

training provided in such University or institution, 

do not conform to the standard prescribed by the Council, the Council shall make a representation to that 
effect to the Central Government. 

(2) After considering such representation, the Central Government  may send it to the University or 
institution  with  an  intimation  of  the  period  within  which  the  University  or  institution  may  submit  its 
explanation to that Government. 

(3)  On  the  receipt  of  the  explanation  or  where  no  explanation  is  submitted  within  the  period  fixed 
then, on the expiry of that period, the Central Government after making such further inquiry, if any, as it 
may  think  fit,  may,  by  notification,  direct  that  an  entry  shall  be  made  in  the  Schedule  against  the  said 
recognised rehabilitation qualification declaring that it shall be the recognised rehabilitation qualification 
only when granted before a specified date or that the said recognised rehabilitation qualification if granted 
to  students  of  a  specified  University  or  institution  shall  be  recognised  rehabilitation  qualification  only 
when  granted  before  a  specified  date,  or  as  the  case  may  be,  that  the  said  recognised  rehabilitation 
qualification  shall  be  recognised  rehabilitation  qualification  in  relation  to  a  specified  University  or 
institution only when granted after a specified date. 

18.  Minimum  standards  of  education.—The  Council  may  prescribe  the  minimum  standards  of 
education  required  for  granting  recognised  rehabilitation  qualification  by  Universities  or  institutions  in 
India. 

19.  Registration  in  Register.—The  Member-Secretary  of  the  Council  may,  on  receipt  of  an 
application made by any person in the prescribed manner enter his name in the Register provided that the 
Member-Secretary is satisfied that such person possesses the recognised rehabilitation qualification: 

1[Provided  that  the  Council  shall  register  vocational  instructors  and  other  personnel  working  in  the 
vocational  rehabilitation centres  under the Ministry  of  Labour  on  recommendation  of  that  Ministry  and 
recognise the vocational rehabilitation centres as manpower development centres: 

Provided  further  that  the  Council  shall  register  personnel  working  in  national  institutes  and  apex 
institutions on disability under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on recommendation of 
that  Ministry  and  recognise  the  national  institutes  and  apex  institutions  on  disability  as  manpower 
development centres.] 

20.  Privileges  of  persons  who  are  registered  on  Register.—Subject  to  the  conditions  and 
restrictions laid down in this Act regarding engagement in the area of rehabilitation of the handicapped by 
persons possessing the recognised rehabilitation qualifications, every person whose name is for the time 
being borne on the Register shall be entitled to practise as a rehabilitation professional in any part of India 
and  to  recover  in  due  course  of  law  in  respect  of  such  practice  any  expenses,  charges  in  respect  of 
medicaments or other appliances or any fees to which he may be entitled. 

1. Ins. by Act 38 of 2000, s. 6 (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 

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21. Professional conduct and removal of names from Register.—(1) The Council may prescribe 

standards of professional conduct and etiquette and a code of ethics for rehabilitation professionals. 

(2) Regulations made by the Council under sub-section (1) may specify which violations thereof shall 
constitute infamous conduct in any professional respect, that is to say, professional misconduct, and such 
provision  shall  have  effect  notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  any  other  law  for  the  time  being  in 
force. 

(3) The Council may order that the name of any person shall be removed from the Register where it is 
satisfied, after giving that person a reasonable opportunity of being heard, and after such further inquiry, 
if any, as it may deem fit to make,— 

(i) that his name has been entered in the Register by error or on account of misrepresentation or 

suppression of a material fact; 

(ii) that he has been convicted of any offence or has been guilty of any infamous conduct in any 
professional respect, or has violated the standards of professional conduct and etiquette or the code of 
ethics prescribed under sub-section (1) which, in the opinion of the Council, renders him unfit to be 
kept in the Register. 

(4) An order under sub-section (3) may direct that any person whose name is ordered to be removed 
from the Register shall be ineligible for registration under this Act either permanently or for such period 
of years as may be specified. 

22. Appeal against order of removal from Register.—(1) Where the name of any person has been 
removed from the Register on any ground other than that he is not possessed of the requisite rehabilitation 
qualifications,  he  may  appeal,  in  the  prescribed  manner  and  subject  to  such  conditions,  including 
conditions as to the payment of a fee, as may be prescribed to the Central Government whose decision 
thereon shall be final. 

(2) No appeal under sub-section (1) shall be admitted if it is preferred after the expiry of a 1[period of 

sixty days] from the date of the order under sub-section (3) of section 21: 

Provided  that  an  appeal  may  be  admitted  after  the  expiry  of  the  said  1[period  of  sixty  days]  if  the 
appellant satisfies the Central Government that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within 
the said period. 

23. Register.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Member-Secretary to keep and maintain the Register in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act and any order made by the Council and from time to time to 
revise the Register and publish it in the Official Gazette. 

(2) The Register shall be deemed to be a public document within the meaning of the Indian Evidence 

Act, 1872 (1 of 1872) and may be proved by a copy thereof. 

24.  Information  to  be  furnished  by  Council  and  publication  thereof.—(1)  The  Council  shall 
furnish such reports, copies of its minutes, abstracts of its accounts, and other information to the Central 
Government as that Government may require. 

(2) The Central Government may publish in such manner as it may think fit, any report, copy, abstract 

or other information furnished to it by the Council under this section or under section 16. 

25.  Cognizance  of  offences.—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  Code  of  Criminal 
Procedure,  1973  (2  of  1974),  no  court  shall  take  cognizance  of  an  offence  punishable  under  this  Act 
except upon a complaint, in writing, made by any person authorised in this behalf by the Council. 

26. Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall 
lie against the Central Government, Council, Chairperson, members, Member-Secretary or any officer or 
other employee of the Council for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this 
Act. 

27. Employees of Council to be public servants.—The Chairperson, members, Member-Secretary, 
officers and other employees of the Council shall, while acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the 
provisions  of  this  Act  or  of  any  rule  and  regulation  made  thereunder,  be  deemed  to  be  public  servants 
within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). 

1. Subs. by Act 38 of 2000, s. 7, for “period of thirty days” (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 

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28. Power to make rules.—The Central Government may, by notification, make rules to carry out 

the purposes of this Act. 

29.  Power  to  make  regulations.—The  Council  may,  with  the  previous  sanction  of  the  Central 
Government,  make,  by  notification,  regulations  generally  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this  Act,  and 
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may provide for— 

(a) the management of the property of the Council; 

(b) the maintenance and audit of the accounts of the Council; 

(c) the resignation of members of the Council; 

(d) the powers and duties of the Chairperson; 

(e) the rules of procedure in the transaction of business under sub-section (3) of section 4; 

(f) the function of the Executive Committee and other committees, constituted under section 7; 

(g) the powers and duties of the Member-Secretary under sub-section (1) of section 8; 

(h)  the  qualifications,  appointment,  powers  and  duties  of,  and  procedure  to  be  followed  by, 

Inspectors and Visitors; 

(i) the courses and period of study or of training, to be undertaken, the subjects of examination 
and standards of proficiency  therein to be obtained in any University or any institution for grant of 
recognised rehabilitation qualification; 

(j)  the  standards  of  staff,  equipment,  accommodation,  training  and  other  facilities  for  study  or 

training of the rehabilitation professionals; 

(k) the conduct of examinations, qualifications of examiners, and the condition of the admission 

to such examinations; 

(l)  the  standards  of  professional  conduct  and  etiquette  and  code  of  ethics  to  be  observed  by 

rehabilitation professionals under sub-section (1) of section 21; 

(m)  the  particulars  to  be  stated,  and  proof  of  qualifications  to  be  given,  in  application  for 

registration under this Act; 

(n) the manner in which and the conditions subject to which an appeal may be preferred under 

sub-section (1) of section 22; 

(o) the fees to be paid on applications and appeals under this Act; 

(p) any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed. 

30.  Laying  of  rules  and  regulations  before  Parliament.—Every  rule  and  every  regulation  made 
under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it 
is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more 
successive  sessions,  and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  session  immediately  following  the  session  or  the 
successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or regulation, or 
both Houses agree that the rule or regulation should not be made, the rule or regulation shall thereafter 
have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such 
modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under 
that rule or regulation. 

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THE SCHEDULE 

(See section 11) 

RECOGNISED REHABILITATION QUALIFICATIONS GRANTED BY UNIVERSITIES OR INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA 

University/Institution 

Name of Course 

Qualification 

Remarks 

1 

2 

3 

4 

I.—Rehabilitation engineers/technicians 

National 

Institute 

Orthopaedically 
B.T. 
Road, 
Calcutta-700 090 

for 

the 
Handicapped, 
Bonhooghly,       

Orthotic 
(2 Years) 

Diploma 

in  Prosthetic  & 

Diploma 

Engineering           

Department 

of 

Rehabilitation, 

Course 

in  Prosthetics  & 

Diploma 

Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi 

Orthotics (3 years) 

Govt.  Institute  of  Rehabilitation  of 
Medicine, 
K. 
Madras-600 083 

K. 

Nagar,         

Prosthetics 

Diploma 

in  Orthotics  & 

Diploma 

National  Institute  of  Rehabilitation 
Training  and  Research,  Olatpur, 
:  Bairoi  Distt.  Cuttack 
P.O. 
(Orissa) 

Diploma 

in  Prosthetic  & 

Diploma 

Orthotic 
(2 years) 

Engineering         

All 

India 

Institute  of  Physical 
Medicine  &  Rehabilitation,  Haji 
Ali,  Khadye  Marg,  Mahalaxmi, 
Bombay-400 034 

B. Sc. (P&O) 

Degree 

School  of  Prosthetics  &  Orthotics, 

Diploma 

in  Prosthetic  & 

Diploma 

K. K. Nagar, Madras-600 083 

Orthotics 
(2 Years duration) 

Engineering          

Schieffelin  Leprosy  Research  and 
Training  Centre,  Karigiri,  SLR 
Sanatorium,  P.O.  North  Arcot 
Distt. (S. India) 

Prosthetic  Technician  Course 

Diploma 

(18 months) 

II.—Audiologists and speech therapists 

All  India  Institute  of   Speech  and 
Hearing,  Manasa  Gangothri, 
Mysore-576 006 

Ali  Yavar  Jung  National  Institute 
the  Hearing  Handicapped, 

for 
Bandra (W.), Bombay-400 050 

Post-Graduate  Institute  of  Medical 
Research, 
and 

Education 
Chandigarh-160 012 

Topiwala National Medical College 
and  BYL  Nair  Charitable 
Hospital,  Dr.  A.  L.  Nair  Road, 
Bombay-400 008 

B.Sc.  (Speech  &  Hearing)         

Degree 

(3 Years duration) 

B.Sc.  (A.  &  S.T.)                         

Degree 

(3 Years duration) 

B.Sc.  (Speech  &  Hearing)        

Degree 

(3 Years duration) 

Diploma 

in  Audiology  & 

Diploma 

Speech Therapy (B.Sc.) 

Institute  of  Medical 

B.Sc.  (Hons.)  in  Speech  & 

Degree 

All 

India 
Sciences, 
New Delhi 

Ansari 

Nagar,             

Hearing 

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2 

3 

4 

III.—Teachers of special schools and integrated schools for the disabled 

Shri K. L. Institute for the Deaf, 51, 
Vidyanagar,  Bhavnagar-364  002 
(Gujarat) 

Teachers  Training  for 

the 
Deaf                                      
(1 Year duration) 

Diploma 

The  Educational  Audiology  and 
Research  Centre  School  for  the 
Deaf  “PONAM”, 67, Napean Sea 
Road, Bombay-400 006 

Course 

Certificate 
Teachers 
(10 months duration) 

of 

for 
the  Deaf          

Certificate 

V. R. Ruia Mook-Badhir Vidyalaya, 

Teachers  Training  Diploma 

Diploma 

Pune-30 

Little  Flower  Convent  Higher  Sec. 
School  for  the  Deaf,  127,  G.N. 
Road, 
Cathedral 
Madras-600 006 

P.O.,           

Course  for  Deaf  Students    
(1 Year duration) 

(i) 

Junior  Diploma 

in 

Diploma 

Teaching the Deaf 

(ii)  Senior  Diploma 

in 

Diploma 

Teaching 
(10 months duration) 

the 

Deaf                   

The  Blind  Relief  Association           
Lal  Bahadur  Shastri  Marg,          
New Delhi-110003 

One Year Diploma Course for 
Training  of Teachers  of the 
Blind 

Diploma 

The  Clarke  School  for  the  Deaf, 
“SADHANA”,  No.  3,  Third 
Street,  Dr.  Radhakrishnan  Road, 
Mylapore, Madras-600 004 

Ramakrishna  Mission,  Blind  Boy’s 
Academy,  Harendrapur-743  508, 
West Bengal 

Govt.  Higher  Secondary  School  for 

the 
Madras-600 056 

Blind, 

Poonamallee,        

(i)  Teachers  Training  for  the 

Diploma 

Deaf 

(ii) Teachers Training  for the 

Diploma 

Mentally Retarded 

(i)  In-Service  Primary  Level 
Teachers  of  the  Visually 
Handicapped                             
(18 months duration) 

(ii) Secondary Level Teachers 
Visually 
of 
Handicapped                           
(10 months duration) 

the 

(i)  Diploma  in  Teaching  the 
Blind                                   
(6  months  at  School  +  12 
months by Correspondence) 

Diploma 

Diploma 

Diploma 

Ali  Yavar  Jung  National  Institute 
the  Hearing  Handicapped, 

for 
Bandra (W.), Bombay-400 050 

(ii)  Special  Examination  in 

Certificate 

Teaching 
(10 months course) 

the 

Blind                   

(i) B.Ed. (Deaf) 

P.G. Diploma 

(ii)  D.Ed.  (Deaf)  in  Regional 

Diploma 

Languages 

IV.—Multipurpose rehabilitation therapists technicians/assistant/worker 

of 

Department 
Safdarjang 
New Delhi- 110 029 

Rehabilitation, 

One  Year  Certificate  Course 
Hospital,                      
for  Multi-Rehabilitation 
Worker 

Certificate 

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2 

3 

4 

V.—Vocational counsellors 

National  Council  of  Education 
and 

Training,                

Diploma Course in Education 
and Vocational Guidance     
(9 months duration) 

Marg,                           

Research 
Sri 
New Delhi-110 016 

Aurobindo 

Diploma 

All 

India 

Institute  of  Physical 
Medicine  &  Rehabilitation,  Haji 
Ali,  Khadye  Marg,  Mahalaxmi, 
Bombay-400 034 

PGDR (Vocational Guidance) 

Diploma 

VI.—Diploma in communication disorders 

Ali  Yavar  Jung  National  Institute 
the  Hearing  Handicapped, 

for 
Bandra (W.), Bombay-400 050 

Diploma in Communication 

Diploma 

Disorders 
(1 Year) 

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