The Lok Sabha on December 05, 2025, introduced the Healthcare Professionals and Clinical Establishments (Prevention of Violence) Bill, 2025 to provide for the protection of healthcare professionals and clinical establishments from violence, harassment, and damage or loss to property in the course of their duty and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Key highlights are as stated:
• No person shall indulge in any act of violence against a healthcare professional or cause any damage or loss to property owned by or under the care of healthcare professional or in connection with or incidental to their activities in a clinical establishment.
• Any offence committed under this Act shall be cognizable and non-bailable and triable by the Court of Judicial Magistrate of the First Class.
• Whoever, commits or attempts to commit or abets or incites the commission of any act of violence in infringement of the provisions of section 3, shall be punished with imprisonment which shall not be less than three years but which may extend up to ten years and with fine which shall not be less than rupees fifty thousand but which may extend upto rupees twenty lakh in addition to recovery of the entire damage to the property or belonging of all concerned including the by-standers if any, in actual.
• Whoever, commits or attempts to commit or abets or incites the commission of any act of violence causing grievous hurt or death of healthcare professional, shall be punished with imprisonment which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to life imprisonment, and with fine which shall not be less than rupees five lakh but which may extend upto rupees fifty lakh in addition to recovery of the entire damage to the property or belonging of all concerned including the by-standers if any, in actual.
• Where it is established at any stage that no violation of the provisions of this Act was committed and the charge levied against the accused was false and malicious, the person levelling such false charge shall be prosecuted under the relevant provisions of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
• In addition to any other responsibility of a clinical establishment or a healthcare professional under any law for the time being in force, it shall be the responsibility of each clinical establishment to,— (a) take all necessary measures to prevent violence and harassment against healthcare professionals in the course of their duty, which includes measures such as to install CCTV surveillance, emergency alarms, trained security personnel, or other such security measures; (b) establish a mechanism for reporting incidents of violence and harassment against healthcare professionals; and (c) provide necessary support and assistance to healthcare professionals who are victims of violence or harassment in the course of their duty.
The detailed bill has been discussed in the document below.
[Bill No. 78 of 2025]
