Accreditation
Certificate for Clinical Laboratories
Health is a State subject. Accreditation of clinical laboratories is
undertaken by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration
Laboratories (NABL) under the Department of Science and Technology. The
compliance of requirements under ISO 15189 is used as the criteria for such
accreditation by the NABL.
Accreditation of
hospitals/laboratories provides a sense of assurance about the availability of
quality healthcare service from the accredited institutions.
Health is a State subject. The Central Government has been persuading the
State Governments to adopt Clinical Establishments (Registration and
Regulation) Act, 2010 under which minimum standards for facilities and
services, health personnel, and records & reports, have been drafted and
placed in public domain.
The Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the
Lok Sabha here today.
