Nepal Health Professional Council (NHPC)

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;

1. Public Health
2. Health Education
3. Medicine
4. Medical Microbiology
5. Diag. Health Lab
6. Diag. Radiography
7. Diag. Radiotherapy 
8. Diag. Cytology
9. Diag. Hematology
10. Diag. Biochemistry
11. Ayurved 
12. Homeopathy
13. Unani
14. Pharmacy
15. Acupuncture
16. Physiotherapy
17. Community based Rehabilitation
18. Prosthetic & Arthritic
19. Dental Assistant
20. Naturopathy
21. Yoga
22. Ophthalmology 
23. Operation Theatre and Allied Health Sciences
24. Clinical psychology
25. 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

Contact Address

www.nhpc.org.np
977-1-4373118, 977-1-4375079
977-1-4650257
admin@nhpc.org.np
Nepal Health Professional Council (NHPC), Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Nepal
• Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Department of Health Services
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• Province Health Directorate, Ministry of Social Development (MoSD)
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