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Provision of ambulances, etc.— The Director, shall,— (a) provide and maintain suitable conveyances, with sufficient attendants and other requisites, for free carriage of persons suffering from any infectious diseases; and (b) provide proper places and apparatus and establishment, for the disinfection of conveyances, clothing, bedding or other articles which have been exposed to infection, and when any conveyances, clothing, bedding or articles are brought to any such place for disinfection may cause them, at its discretion, to be disinfected, either free of charge, or on payment of such fee as it may fix. 29[50-A— Restrictions to operate Ambulance van without permit.— (1) Notwith- standing anything contained in section 50 of this Act, no person or occupier of Nursing Home, Clinic, Dispensaries, Pathological Laboratory, Blood Bank, Private Hospital, Health Care establishment including Veterinary Institution or any social, cultural or charitable organization or NGO shall provide or operate any ambulance van without obtaining any permit from the prescribed authority. (2) Every owner or operator of an ambulance van shall make an application for grant of permit to operate an ambulance van in the State in such form and to such authority, as prescribed. (3) Every application for grant of permit under sub-section (2) shall be accompanied by such fee and document as prescribed. 50-B— Grant of permit for operating an ambulance van.— (1) On receipt of an application under sub-section (2) of section 50-A, the prescribed authority shall, after satisfying the fulfillment of requirement and conditions as prescribed, either grant or refuse to grant a permit for operating the ambulance van within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of the application complete in all respects and prescribed fee thereof. (2) If any deficiency is noticed in the application, the prescribed authority shall in writing require the applicant to rectify the same within a period of seven days thereof. If the applicant fails to rectify the deficiency with the specified period, the application shall be refused: Provided that no order of refusal shall be made unless— ----21---- (a) the applicant has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard; and (b) the grounds on which the permission is refused are mentioned in the order. 50-C— Validity of permit.— (1) A permit granted to operate ambulance van to the applicant shall be valid for a period of five years subject to renewal and fulfillment of condition as prescribed. (2) Every application for renewal of permit shall be made three months before expiry of period as specified in sub-section (1), accompanied by such renewal fee as prescribed. (3) The prescribed authority shall renew the permit if the applicant has fulfilled the requirements as laid down under the rules. (4) If the prescribed authority fails to pass any order within the specified period, the permit shall be deemed to be renewed for further period subject to terms and conditions as specified under the rules. 50-D— Power to detain ambulance van used without permit.— (1) Any police officer or any other officer duly authorized by the Director of Health Services in this behalf, may, if he has reasons to believe that an ambulance van has been or is being used in contravention of the provisions of section 50-A or in contravention of the condition of such permit or other purpose for which ambulance van not to be used, seize and detain the ambulance van in the prescribed manner and for this purpose, take and cause to be taken any steps he may consider necessary for the safe custody of the ambulance van: Provided that where any such person has reasons to believe that the ambulance van has been or is being used in contravention of section 50-A, he may instead of attaching ambulance van, seize the permit of the ambulance van and issue an acknowledgement certificate in respect thereof. (2) Where an ambulance van or permit has been seized and detained under sub-section (1), the owner or a person in charge of ambulance van may apply to the Director of Health Services, or any officer authorized in this behalf by the Government, with the relevant documents for the release of the ambulance van or permit and such authority or officer may, after verifications of such documents, by order, release ambulance van or permit, as the case may be, subject to such conditions as the authority or officer may deemed fit to impose. 50-E— Penalty for operating ambulance van without permit.— Whoever operates or causes or allows to operate an ambulance van in contravention of the provisions of section 50-A, shall be punishable with.30[fine which may extend to Rs. 25,000/-”] 9[51. Registered Medical practitioners to give information of certain infectious diseases.— Every registered medical practitioner of any system of medicine including practitioner of dental surgery who in the course of his practice becomes cognizant or suspects the existence of any case of the diseases mentioned in section 47 in any private or public dwelling, hospitals (including nursing homes), shall report and furnish information of the same with the least practicable delay— (a) in a local area, to the local authority concerned; and (b) in any other area, to the Health Officer or a health or Sanitary Inspector: ----22---- Provided that in the case of acquired imuno deficiency syndrome, the information shall necessarily be given to the Health Officer of the respective jurisdiction.”]