Pokhara Academy of Health and Sciences Act, 2016

What does it do?

• The Act turns the Western Regional Hospital in Pokhara into the Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences, an autonomous body for high-level health education and research, training skilled health workers and providing affordable, quality health care. It may run a hospital, faculties, research centres and educational institutions and merge other health institutions into itself, but may not grant affiliation to other institutions.पोखराको पश्चिमाञ्चल क्षेत्रीय अस्पताललाई स्वास्थ्य विज्ञानमा उच्चस्तरीय अध्ययन र अनुसन्धान गर्ने, दक्ष जनशक्ति उत्पादन गर्ने र सुलभ तथा गुणस्तरीय स्वास्थ्य सेवा दिने स्वशासित पोखरा स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान प्रतिष्ठानका रूपमा यो ऐनले स्थापना गरेको हो। प्रतिष्ठानले अस्पताल, सङ्काय, अनुसन्धान केन्द्र र शैक्षिक संस्था चलाउन र अन्य स्वास्थ्य संस्थालाई आफूमा गाभ्न सक्छ, तर अरू संस्थालाई सम्बन्धन दिन सक्दैन। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Preamble and Sections 3–6, pp. 1–4; Sections 14–16 and 28–29, pp. 10–13
• Its governing bodies are an Assembly (Sabha), an Academic Council, an Executive Council, a recruitment committee and a hospital management committee, with the Prime Minister as Chancellor, a Pro-Chancellor, a Vice-Chancellor, deans and a hospital director.सभा, प्राज्ञिक परिषद्, कार्यकारी परिषद्, पदपूर्ति समिति र अस्पताल व्यवस्थापन समितिमार्फत प्रतिष्ठान चल्छ; प्रधानमन्त्री कुलपति हुन्छन्, र सहकुलपति, उपकुलपति, डीन तथा अस्पताल निर्देशक रहन्छन्। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 5, 7–13 and 17–22, pp. 3–11
• Each year the Academy must reserve 10% of seats up to bachelor level for economically poor students from backward areas who passed from community schools (with priority to women, Dalits, Adivasi Janajati, Madhesi and backward groups), give priority to people who have served in health facilities in backward areas, and give full scholarships to at least 25% of students, 45% of which go to women, Dalits, Janajati and other listed groups.प्रतिष्ठानले हरेक शैक्षिक सत्रमा स्नातक तहसम्म पिछडिएको क्षेत्रमा बसोबास गरी सामुदायिक विद्यालयबाट उत्तीर्ण भएका आर्थिक रूपले विपन्न विद्यार्थीका लागि १० प्रतिशत सिट आरक्षण गर्नुपर्छ (महिला, दलित, आदिवासी जनजाति, मधेसी र पिछडिएका वर्गलाई प्राथमिकता), पिछडिएका क्षेत्रका स्वास्थ्य संस्थामा सेवा गरेकालाई भर्नामा प्राथमिकता दिनुपर्छ, र कम्तीमा २५ प्रतिशत विद्यार्थीलाई पूर्ण छात्रवृत्ति दिनुपर्छ, जसमध्ये ४५ प्रतिशत महिला, दलित, जनजातिलगायत तोकिएका वर्गलाई छुट्याइन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 31–33, p. 14
• Students admitted through reservation, priority or scholarship must work in backward areas for a period set by the Academy, and only then receive their permanent academic certificate. The Academy's fund includes government money, fees and grants (foreign grants need government approval); it is audited by the Auditor General and must report annually within three months of the fiscal year's end.आरक्षण, प्राथमिकता वा छात्रवृत्तिमा पढेका विद्यार्थीले प्रतिष्ठानले तोकेको अवधिभर पिछडिएको क्षेत्रमा काम गर्नुपर्छ, र त्यसपछि मात्र शैक्षिक योग्यताको स्थायी प्रमाणपत्र पाउँछन्। प्रतिष्ठानको कोषमा सरकारी रकम, शुल्क र अनुदान रहन्छ (विदेशी अनुदानका लागि सरकारी स्वीकृति चाहिन्छ); लेखापरीक्षण महालेखापरीक्षकबाट हुन्छ र आर्थिक वर्ष सकिएको तीन महिनाभित्र वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन दिनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 26–27, p. 13; Sections 34–35, p. 15

Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas

None documented in the official reports we have reviewed so far.

Where does it conflict with other laws?

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