Overview of Health Trade License
In India, to deal with business affairs pertaining to goods and services that impact the consumer's health, the government made it compulsory to secure a health license. Essentially, there are two kinds of licenses.
- Health Care License
Health Care Licenses are granted by authority to business entities in the medical care sector to assure authenticity. The grant of health care license is done on a state basis. The Municipal Corporation of the respective state grants the health care license to the eligible applicant.
- Health Trade License
This License acts as a work permit for entities/businesses involved with trading goods and services that affect the consumer's health in one way or another. The entities must secure the License before the start of the business. The various entities like restaurants, hotels, cafés, eating houses, guest houses, tea shops, boarding houses, cinemas, theatres, auditoriums, laundries, dry cleaners, salons, beauty salons, clubs, gyms, fitness clubs, spas, gas pumps including service stations, temporary markets, general stores, shops, food sellers must obtain Health Trade License.
The fundamental reason for the grant of the License is to ensure the health safety of the consumers availing of various goods and services.
The License is a legal compulsion for all businesses offering goods and services relating to food, drugs, or any commodities that are ancillary to the food or medicines. Likewise, for services affecting consumer health, the License is mandatory.
To secure the health Trade License, the applicants must have attained legal age, i.e., 18 years. Besides, they must not have any criminal history.
Benefits of Health Trade license
Despite Being a Legal mandate, Health Trade License Renders Various Benefits to The Business Owner, as Shown Below:
Features of Health Trade License
Apart from all the benefits mentioned above, the health Trade License has various features such as:
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Procedure for Health Trade License
The process of securing the health trade license differs state-wise as the municipal corporations of the respective state have the right to grant these licenses. The procedure for obtaining the health trade license is given below:
Health Trade License Renewal
The License is granted for a fixed time period, and it is required to be renewed. The application for its renewal should be filed before 30 days from the date of expiry. The failure to renew the license would attract the penalty as recommended by the authority.
Mandatory Documents Need for License Renewal
Penalties relating to Non-Compliance
If a business owner fails to obtain a health trade license before running his business, then the government can impose penalties and fines on such person or close his business.
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Frequently Asked Questions
While issuing no objection, such departments ensure that no illicit constructions are there in subject premise and dues are being paid on time besides maintaining adequate sanitary measures from a health viewpoint, which is scrutinized by the CMO of the area while deciding the application.
