Nepal Health Service Act, 1997

What does it do?

• The Act creates the Nepal Health Service, a separate government service for health workers, with officer levels (sixth to twelfth) and assistant levels (third to fifth), specialist and technical posts in groups and sub-groups, and job descriptions set by the Ministry of Health and Population. A 2070 amendment moved village health workers and maternal and child health workers to the fourth level as Auxiliary Health Workers and Auxiliary Nurse-Midwives.यो ऐनले स्वास्थ्यकर्मीका लागि छुट्टै सरकारी सेवाका रूपमा नेपाल स्वास्थ्य सेवा गठन गरेको छ, जसमा अधिकृत (छैटौँदेखि बाह्रौँ) र सहायक (तेस्रोदेखि पाँचौँ) तह, समूह–उपसमूहमा विशेषज्ञ तथा प्राविधिक पद, र स्वास्थ्य तथा जनसङ्ख्या मन्त्रालयले बनाउने कार्यविवरण रहन्छन्। २०७० को संशोधनले ग्रामीण स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ता र मातृशिशु कार्यकर्तालाई चौथो तहमा राखी क्रमशः अहेव र अनमीको पदनाम दियो। Nepal Law Commission Sections 3–7, pp. 3–9
• Posts filled by open or internal competition are filled on the recommendation of the Public Service Commission. Promotions to officer posts are recommended by a promotion committee on a 100-mark score: 40 for performance evaluation, 20 for seniority, 25 for service in geographical areas and 15 for education and training.खुला वा आन्तरिक प्रतियोगिताबाट पूर्ति हुने पदमा लोक सेवा आयोगको सिफारिसमा नियुक्ति हुन्छ। अधिकृत पदमा बढुवा बढुवा समितिको सिफारिसमा १०० अङ्कको आधारमा हुन्छ: कार्यसम्पादन मूल्याङ्कन ४०, जेष्ठता २०, भौगोलिक क्षेत्रमा काम गरेबापत २५ र शैक्षिक योग्यता तथा तालिम १५। Nepal Law Commission Section 10, p. 13; Sections 24 and 29, pp. 21–26
• Transfers must give staff experience of very remote, remote and accessible areas. Staff should not normally be transferred before completing one year in a very remote area or two years in a remote area, and no one may be put on deputation (kaaj) for more than 30 days a year; pay for longer deputations is to be recovered from the official who ordered it.सरुवा गर्दा कर्मचारीलाई अति दुर्गम, दुर्गम र सुगम क्षेत्रको अनुभव दिलाउनुपर्छ। अति दुर्गममा कम्तीमा एक वर्ष वा दुर्गममा कम्तीमा दुई वर्ष पूरा नगरी सामान्यतया सरुवा गरिँदैन, र कसैलाई वर्षमा तीस दिनभन्दा बढी काजमा खटाउन पाइँदैन; बढी अवधि काज खटाए त्यस अवधिको तलब भत्ता काज खटाउने पदाधिकारीबाट असुल गरिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal Act s. 21(1)–(4), pp. 18–19; deputation-pay recovery as summarised in OAG 62nd Annual Report, MoHP chapter, para 15, printed p. 578 (PDF p. 608)
• Health workers retire at 60, with up to three more years possible where the government urgently needs a specialist; the Act also sets pay, gratuity, pension, leave, conduct rules (including bans on political activity and strikes that obstruct work) and the right to form trade unions. Departmental penalties range from a warning or withheld promotion to dismissal; appeals against dismissal go to the Administrative Court. The Ministry of General Administration supervises compliance with the Act through management audits.स्वास्थ्यकर्मी ६० वर्षमा अवकाश हुन्छन्, विशेषज्ञ सेवा अत्यावश्यक भए सरकारले बढीमा तीन वर्ष थप गर्न सक्छ; ऐनले तलब, उपदान, निवृत्तभरण, बिदा, आचरण (राजनीतिमा भाग लिन र कामकाजमा बाधा पुर्‍याउने हडताल गर्न रोकसहित) र ट्रेड युनियन गठन गर्ने अधिकारको व्यवस्था पनि गरेको छ। विभागीय सजाय नसिहतदेखि बढुवा रोक्का र सेवाबाट हटाउने वा बर्खास्तसम्म हुन्छ; विशेष सजायविरुद्ध प्रशासकीय अदालतमा पुनरावेदन लाग्छ। ऐनको पालना भए–नभएको सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्रालयले व्यवस्थापन परीक्षणमार्फत सुपरिवेक्षण गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission Section 45, pp. 33–34; Sections 47–48, pp. 34–36; Sections 52–67, pp. 37–41; Sections 72 and 76, pp. 43–47; Section 88, pp. 50–51; Section 92ka, p. 51

Where does it conflict with other laws?

No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.

Regulations and rules made under it

• नेपाल स्वास्थ्य सेवा नियमावली, २०५५ In force