Overview
Nepal Health Professional Council (NHPC) has been established to make more effective health services in Nepal, to mobilize the services of health professionals except the qualified doctors and nurses to be registered with the Medical Council in a managed and scientific manner and make provisions on the registration of their names according to their qualifications, according to “Nepal Health Professional Council Act 2053” by the Government of Nepal .
Related readings
- Nepal Health Professional Council (NHPC)
- Nepal Pharmacy Council
- Nepal Ayurvedic Medical Council (NAMC)
Functions
Functions, duties and powers of Council According to the article 9 of the Act, the functions, duties and powers of the Council shall be as follows:
- To make necessary policies for smoothly operating the health profession related activities.
- To determine the curricula, terms of admission and policies on examination system of educational institutions imparting teaching and learning on health profession and evaluate and review the related matters.
- To determine the qualifications of health professionals and to provide for the registration of the names of health professionals having required qualifications.
Recognized programme
Following educational programmes are recognized by NHPC;
- Public Health
- Health Education
- Medicine
- Medical Microbiology
- Diag. Health Lab
- Diag. Radiography
- Diag. Radiotherapy
- Diag. Cytology
- Diag. Hematology
- Diag. Biochemistry
- Ayurved
- Homeopathy
- Unani
- Pharmacy
- Acupuncture
- Physiotherapy
- Community based Rehabilitation
- Prosthetic & Arthritic
- Dental Assistant
- Naturopathy
- Yoga
- Ophthalmology
- Operation Theatre and Allied Health Sciences
- Clinical psychology
- Speech and Hearing
Subject committees of the Council
For the registration of health professional, the council has 9 different subject committees:
- Medical subject committee
- Public Health subject committee
- Radiology subject committee
- Laboratory Medicine subject Committee
- Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation subject committee,
- Ayurveda subject committee,
- Dental subject committee
- Optometry Science Subject committee
- Miscellaneous subject (Homiyo, Yunani, Naturopathy etc.) committee
Registered professionals
S.No. | Subject | Specialization | First | Second | Third |
1 | Public Health | 1270 | 4331 | ||
2 | Health Education | 35 | 77 | 16 | |
3 | Primary Health Care | 1 | |||
4 | Medicine | 17363 | 60242 | ||
5 | Medical Microbiology | 145 | 145 | ||
6 | Laboratory | 39 | 2837 | 7951 | 18770 |
7 | Radiography | 37 | 699 | 2052 | |
8 | Radiotherapy | 1 | 7 | 9 | |
9 | Cytrology | 2 | 3 | ||
10 | Haematology | 20 | 8 | ||
11 | Biochemistry | 203 | 85 | ||
12 | Virology | 10 | |||
13 | Nuclear Medicine | 1 | |||
14 | Ayurved | 181 | 1161 | ||
15 | Homeopathy | 160 | 47 | ||
16 | Unani | 21 | |||
17 | Acupuncture | 3 | 11 | 98 | 51 |
18 | Physiotherapy | 207 | 1531 | 84 | 75 |
19 | Community Base Rehabilitation | 1 | |||
20 | Prostheses & Orthoses | 12 | 1 | ||
21 | Dental Assistant | 1414 | 787 | ||
22 | Naturopathy | 1 | 57 | ||
23 | Yoga | 3 | 9 | 1 | |
24 | Ophthalmology | 15 | 920 | 1307 | |
25 | Operation Theater and Allied Health Sciences | 13 | 80 | ||
26 | Clinical Psychology | 24 | |||
27 | Speech and Hearing | 12 | 79 | 1 | |
28 | Forensic Medicine | 3 | |||
29 | Perfusion Technology | 3 | 8 | ||
30 | Anaesthesia | 1 | 63 | 1 | |
31 | Cardiology | 4 | |||
32 | Renal Dialysis | 4 | |||
33 | Occupational Therapy | 2 | |||
34 | TCM AMT | 3 | |||
35 | Embryology | 1 | |||
Sub-total | 2035 | 11089 | 30607 | 81088 | |
Total | 124819 |
Contact Address
www.nhpc.org.np
977-1-4373118, 977-1-4375079
977-1-4650257
[email protected]
Nepal Health Professional Council (NHPC), Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal
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