Parliament Question: Regulation of hair transplant and cosmetic surgery clinics

GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE RAJYASABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 3618 TOBE ANSWERED ON 24TH MARCH, 2026 REGULATIONOFHAIR TRANSPLANTAND COSMETIC SURGERYCLINICS 3618MS.SWATI MALIWAL:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased tostate:

(a) the number of registered and operational hair transplant and cosmetic surgery clinics, State-wise;

(b) the authority responsible for licensing and inspections, data on procedures conducted, type-wise, year-wiseand State-wise inlast five years;

(c) the number of adverse events, cases of medical negligence, serious complications and deathsattributable tocosmetic procedures, year-wiseandState-wise inlast five years;

(d) the number of unqualified persons performing invasive procedures and the action taken thereon;

(e) whether national guidelines exist on risk disclosure, consent, pricing and adverse event reporting; and

(f) whether Government proposes to establish central registry of licensed clinics and practitionersandenforce stricter oversight mechanismstoensure patientsafety? ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

(a) to (f) : ‘Health’ being a State subject, the primary responsibility for registration and regulation of hair transplant and cosmetic surgery clinics, conducting of inspections and to take note of cases of medicalnegligence lies with the respective States/UTs. Data and details, inthisregard,are not maintained centrally.

Nonetheless, the Government of India enacted the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 (CE Act) and notified the Clinical Establishments (Central Government) Rules, 2012 amended in 2018 and 2020 (CE Rules) to provide for registration and regulation of Government (except those of Armed Forces) as well as privateclinical establishments belonging to recognized systems of medicine. As per CE Act, the clinical establishments are requiredto fulfill the conditions of minimum standards of services

provided for each type of service provided. The CE Act is applicable in 19 States/UTs (12 States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh and 7 UTs of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep & Puducherry). The States / UTs which have adopted the CE Act are primarily responsible for enforcing/implementing the provisions of the CE Act for regulating their clinical establishments. The Act has empowered a registering authority at the district level under the chairmanship of the District Collector / District Magistrate to take actions including imposing penalties in respect of violation of its provisions. The Act also provides for cancellation of registration, if the provisions of the Act are not complied with.

The clinical establishments in the States/UTs, which have not adopted and implemented the CE Act, are registered andregulated bythe respective StateActs.

Further, the professional conduct and medical conduct of all Registered Medical Practitioners are regulated by the Indian Medical Council (Professional conduct, Etiquette andEthics) Regulations, 2002. *****