The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) has proposed draft rules to give eligible allied and healthcare professionals provisional registration, with a defined route to full registration, and has asked the public and stakeholders for comments.
The Draft Provisional Registration of Allied and Healthcare Professionals Regulations, 2026, are framed under the NCAHP Act, 2021. The Commission works under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
What the draft proposes
The rules set eligibility criteria, credential verification and registration procedures, so that professional recognition follows statutory requirements and competency standards. Eligible professionals who are provisionally registered could then take prescribed bridge courses, supervised clinical training and minimum qualifying examinations, "wherever applicable", to meet the requirements for regular registration.
The Commission says this competency-based path is meant to support career progression and improve the quality of allied and healthcare services.
Online registration
The draft envisages an integrated online system for applications, credential checks, eligibility assessment and issue of provisional registration certificates. Each provisionally registered professional would get a Provisional Registration Unique Identification Number (PR UID) for identification and regulatory oversight. The Commission says the system should make registration simpler and more uniform across States and Union Territories.
What happens next
These are draft regulations, not final rules. The Commission has invited comments, and the draft may change after feedback. The release does not state the closing date for comments or the number of professionals it expects to cover.
Source: official release by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (11 NOV 2026 9:56AM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: NCAHP Proposes New Registration Framework to Strengthen Allied and Healthcare Professions in India.
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VerifiedEvery fact, figure and quotation is taken from the official PIB release (Release ID 2334877) issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 11 NOV 2026 9:56AM by PIB Delhi; checked against the source on publication. Story written by BDT from that release; no outside facts added.
Sources
- 1.NCAHP Proposes New Registration Framework to Strengthen Allied and Healthcare Professions in India — Press Information Bureau, Government of India
