PNDT Act

-Dr.Vikram Patil
JSS Medical College &
Hospital
Mysuru,INDIA
-Please visit www.jssmcradiology.com for more
radiology education.

 “ An act to provide for the prohibition of sex
selection, before or after conception, and for
regulation of pre-natal diagnostic techniques
for the purposes of detecting abnormalities
or metabolic disorders or chromosomal
abnormalities or certain congenital
malformations or sex-linked disorders and
for the prevention of their misuse for sex
determination leading to female feticide”.
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 An institute
 Hospital
 Nursing home
 Vehicle
 Any place

 Ultrasonography
 Foetoscopy
 Taking or removing samples of
 Amniotic fluid
 Chorionic villi
 Blood
 Any tissue or fluid of a man or a woman
before or after conception

 For being sent to a genetic laboratory or
genetic clinic to detect
▪ Genetic disorders
▪ Metabolic disorders
▪ Chromosomal abnormalities
▪ Congenital anomalies
▪ Haemoglobinopathies
▪ Sex-linked diseases

Procedure
Technique
Test
Administration
Prescription
Provision
of anything for the purpose of ensuring or increasing the
probability that an embryo will be of a particular sex

Radiologist
Sonologist /Imaging Specialist
Gynecologist
Pediatrician
Registered medical practitioner: Any Recognized
Medical Qualification recognized by MCI & whose
name is entered in a State Medical Register having Six
Months ultrasound Training.
Medical Geneticist-Degree or Diploma in Genetic
Science in the field of Sex selection and Prenatal
Diagnostic Techniques

 What is to be registered?
▪ Centre/USG machine/ Sonologist/Place etc.?
 The answer is that it is the place (clinic or centre or
nursing home or mobile van where U/S is performed
 No separate registration for number of machines in
the same clinic/centre

 Submission of Form “ A” in duplicate to Appropriate Authority
 Affidavit: an undertaking that the clinic/Center shall not conduct any test or
procedure for sex determination.
 Another affidavit undertaking that the center/clinic prominently display a
signage board of no sex determination
 Particulars of U/S Machine/s, (including Mobile U/S), name qualification and
experience certificates of Radiologist /Sonologist to be attached
 Fee: DD Rs.25,000/- for U/S clinic and Rs.35,000 for Hospital/genetic lab.
 Machines lying packed or not in use also requires mandatory registration

 Scrutinizatin of Application by AA
 Enquiry of AA including visiting the center with prior notice to
the Applicant
 After the AA satisfied the application will be placed before the
Advisory Committee, where it is scrutinized and advises to AA
to issue the Reg. certificate
 AA after considering the advise will grant reg. certificate in
duplicate within 90 days from the date of submission of
application

 Contains the name of the owner/institute/ clinic and
number of U/S machines (including Port. U/S)
 Reg. Certificate is non transferable
 In the event of change of Ownership the two copies of
Certificate to be surrendered to AA.
 New owner/management should apply for fresh
certificate.
 Validity of reg. cert. is 5 yrs from the date of issuePlease visit www.jssmcradiology.com

 Application form A in duplicate to AA 30 days before the
expiry of reg. certificate
 A DD of Rs. 25000/ for clinic and Rs.35000/-for
Hospital/Clinic in combination
 AA will issue another certificate in duplicate within 90
days validity for 5 yrs from the date of expiry of old
certificate
 Two copies of earlier certificates to be surrendered
 IF AA fails to renew the certificate within 90 days , it will
amount to automatic renewal or deemed renewal

 Signage Board in English and in the local language must be displayed
prominently, indicating the fetal sex is not disclosed in the clinic
 A copy of Registration Certificate Shall be displayed in the U/S Room
 A copy of PC-PNDT ACT Book shall be available in the U/S Department.
 Form ‘F’ shall be filled before every OBS examination and for any invasive
procedure Form ‘G ‘ shall be filled and to be signed by the Patient and the
Doctor.
 A Register containing the name of the patient and spouse, address, ref.
Doctor name and date of the scanning etc. to be maintained.

 Form ‘F ‘and Ref. Doctor Requisition to be preserved.
 Case Records and U/S Report to be preserved
 Sonographic plates/Films/slides to be preserved
 A complete statement of report of all the OBS scans/procedures
to be sent by 5th
day of following month to AA
 Intimation about every change of employee, place, address and
equipment installed shall be sent to the appropriate authority
within a period of 30 days.

 Preservation of Records: 2 Yrs .
 In case of legal disputes: till the final disposal
of legal proceedings

 A. A. can inspect any time and can seize the Machine and Records
in case of any omission of rules.
 Offences by persons:
 First offence- 3 yrs imprisonment and fine Rs.10000/-
 Subsequent offences- 5 yrs imprisonment & fine up to 50,000/-
 Suspension by S M Council and removal of name from the register
of MCI
 First offence – for 5yrs
 Subsequent offence– Permanently
 Patient or attendant– 3 months imprisonment & Rs.1000/-or both.

 Registration of the clinic is mandatory. Only one registration per
clinic is required even if there is more than one machine.
 Details of all machines and all Radiologists with their copies of
certificates to be submitted.
 In case portable machines, if the USG is to be done in a vehicle,
registration of the vehicle is required.
 Copy of the registration must be displayed one in the machine
room and another in the waiting room.
 Signage board in English and in the local language must be
displayed, indicating the fetal sex is not disclosed in the clinic.

 Ensure that the number of machines and the Radiologists
attached to the clinic have been mentioned in the registration
certificate or on a separate sheet by the appropriate authorities.
 Form ‘F’ must b filled in completely and without any delay as
soon as the patients USG is done. The signed consent of the
patient as well as the Radiologists signature are a must. Form ‘G’
in only for invasive procedures.
 A monthly report should b submitted to the AA regularly on or
before the 5th
of every month and the acknowledge receipt from
the AA must be preserved.

 All copies of Form F and monthly reports and referral requisition
form the doctors must be preserved for 2 years.
 PC-PNDT Act Book must be available in the department.
 The AA must be informed, in writing about the changes in any
machine or Radiologist. A copy of the same with the signature of
AA must be preserved.
 If a locum Radiologist is appointed, the AA must be informed in
advance.
 Be co operative if and when the AA visits your clinic to examine
the records. Please visit www.jssmcradiology.com

 Do not disclose the sex of the fetus to anyone under any pressure or in any
circumstances.
 Don not start a USG clinic without PC-PNDT registration.
 Do note visit any clinic or hospital for USG unless it is registered for PC-
PPNDT, even if it is for non obstetric reasons. Exception can be made when it
is for a very urgent/life threatening case, but this has to be proved by
documentation.
 Do not give an experience certificate to anyone.
 Do not get scared by any one if you are following all the rules as per the PC-
PNDT law.
 Don not allow anyone to check your records unless the person is accompanied
by the AA. Please visit www.jssmcradiology.com

THANK YOU
 Please visit www.jssmcradiology.com for
more radiology education.

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