Context:

• The Union Cabinet has approved the draft National Commission for Homoeopathy, Bill, 2018.
• This bill seeks to replace the existing regulator Central Council for Homoeopathy (CCH) with a new body to ensure transparency.

About the Draft Bill:

• The draft bill provides for the constitution of a National Commission with three autonomous boards entrusted with conducting overall education of Homoeopathy by Homoeopathy Education Board.
• The Board of assessment and rating to assess and grant permission to educational institutions of Homoeopathy and Board of ethics.
• The registration of practitioners of Homoeopathy to maintain National Register and ethical issues relating to practice are under the National Commission for Homoeopathy.
• It also proposes a common entrance exam and an exit exam which all graduates will have to clear to get practicing licenses.
• Further, a teacher’s eligibility test has been proposed to assess the standard of teachers before appointment and promotions.
• It further aims at bringing reforms in the medical education of Homoeopathy in lines with the National Medical Commission proposed for setting up for Allopathy system of medicine.
• The CCH had been earlier superseded by Board of Governors through an Ordinance and subsequent amendment of Act.

Source:PIB