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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nDefinitions and Protection for Healthcare Personnel and\nDamage to Property<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Epidemic Diseases Amendment Bill, 2020\namends the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to safeguard the life of doctors or individuals\nrelated to health care services. The bill also renders protection to the\npremises where the aforesaid personal are supposed to provide the\nservices. The new legislation was enacted to protect the personals working\nin the health care sector such as doctors, paramedical workers, health workers,\nnurses, and other individuals responsible for undertaking measures to prevent\nthe spread of the disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If any person founds to be guilty of creating a nuisance against the health care personals or their respective premises\/workplaces, the panel provision can be provoked. A bill empowers the concerned authority to take action against the defaulter by imposing penalties that could range from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2, 00,000. Based on the intensity of the crime, the defaulters can even confront the imprisonment for the terms of 3 months to 5 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read our article<\/b>:To know about Major Port Authorities Bill 2020<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n The given section encloses the key pointers of the aforesaid bill:-<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Individuals convicted of crimes under the bill will be accountable for paying compensation to the healthcare personnel. In case of damage to the property, the defaulters will be liable to compensate for the loss by paying twice the amount of market value of the damaged property, as suggested by the judicial body. If the defaulters fail to comply with the aforesaid provision, the amount shall be retrieved as an arrear of land revenue subjected to the Revenue Recovery Act, 1890<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Case registered during a pandemic will only\nbe scrutinized by the Inspector. The investigation must be finished within\nthirty days from the date of registration of the FIR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The trial must be concluded within 1 year\nas per the bill. If that doesn\u2019t happen, the Judge must append the reasons for\nthe delay in pursuant to the status of the case. As per the bill, the extension\nof the period in such an event has been limited to six months. Meaning-\nadditional six months will be furnished to the authority to conclude the case.\nMoreover, during such a course of the event, the person will continue to remain\nin a state of conviction unless the opposite is proved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Act confers the right to the central government to exercise the power to: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The bill empowers the government to\nregulate the inspection of any mode of transport, Moreover; the government also\nreserves the right to regulate the provision related to the detention of any\nindividual intending to use any mode of transport for traveling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Epidemic Diseases Amendment Bill, 2020 is rather a much-needed decision that will help doctors or other health workers to operate in a violence-free environment. The inclusion of imprisonment further makes this bill more effective that will eventually decline the rate of violence against the health workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Read our article<\/b>:Highlights on Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\nEPIDEMIC-DISEASES-AMENDMENT-ACT-2020 On Sep 21, 2020, the Lok Sabha passes the Epidemic Diseases Amendment Bill, 2020 to provide protection to the doctors and health workers against the culprits causing a nuisance to them during the COVID 19 pandemic. The bill incorporated the provision for imprisonment for up to 5 years for those who indulge in physical violence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":17779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[153],"tags":[1094],"acf":{"service_id":"220"},"authorName":"Pankaj Tyagi","authorImageUrl":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MicrosoftTeams-image-42.jpg","authorDescription":"Pankaj has a diverse experience of writing research papers, blog, and articles during his college time. Earlier, he was working as a tax consultant in a financial firm, but his interest in writing drives him to pursue a career in the writing field.","postViews":3369,"readingTime":2,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17739"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64816,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17739\/revisions\/64816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Highlight of the Bill – The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment)\nACT, 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Compensational Protocol<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Investigational Protocol <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Trial Protocol<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rights to the Central Government<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n