Rehabilitation Council of India Act of …

1 1 Rehabilitation Council of IndiaAct of 1992/Amendement 2000 Proposed AmendmentsRCI ACT 1992 - Current PositionACT Amendment - 20002 The RCI Act 1992 and its Proposed AmendmentsThe Act with Amendments 2000An Act to provide for the constitution of the Rehabilitation Council of India for regulating the training of Rehabilitation professionals and monitoring the training of Rehabilitation professionals and personnel, promoting research in Rehabilitation and special education and the maintenance of a Central Rehabilitation Register and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

2 Proposed AmendmentsInsert development before regulatingSubstitute special education for education of persons with disability`Include `habilitation` along with early intervention and prevention along with rehabilitationReasons for ChangeDevelopment of professionals and personnel is necessary and is already being done by RCI through its training programmes and therefore needs to be needs to precede regulation so that quality service is made available to PWD s. Regulations without development does not meet the needs of PWD s. Research in prevention and early intervention is important to reduce the magnitude of disability in the After Approval of Proposed AmendmentsAn Act to provide for the constitution of the Rehabilitation Council of India for the development, regulation training and monitoring of training of habilitation and Rehabilitation of professionals and personnel and promoting research in Rehabilitation , prevention,earlyintervention, special education, for persons with disability.

3 Maintenance of a central Rehabilitation Register and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 3 The Act with Amendments 20001. (1) ThisAct may be called the Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992.(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette AmendmentsNo changeNo changeChapter I PreliminaryReasons for ChangeAct After Approval of Proposed Amendments1.(1) ThisAct may be called the Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992.(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette Act with Amendments 20002.

4 (1)In this Act, unless thecontext otherwise requires:(a) Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Council appointed under sub-section (3) of section 3(b) Council means Rehabilitation Council of India constituted under section 3;(c) handicapped means a person suffering from any disability referred to in clause (i) of section 2 of the Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act AmendmentsNo change(c) Handicapped should be replaced by `Person With Disability ` A person with disability as defined in section 2 of the Persons with disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation)

5 Act 1995, and I PreliminaryReasons for Change Person with disability is more appropriate terminologyAct After Approval of Proposed Amendments2. (1)In this Act, unless thecontext otherwise requires:(a) Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Council appointed under sub-section (3) of section 3(b) Council means Rehabilitation Council of India constituted under section 3;(c) A person with disability is defined in section 2 of the Persons with Disability, Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full participation Act 1995, and amendments Act with Amendments 2000(d) Omitted(e) Omitted(f) member means a member appointed under sub-section (3) of section 3 and includes the Chairperson(g) Member Secretary means the Member Secretary appointed under sub-section (1) of section 8.

6 (h) Mental Retardation means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person which is specially characterized by sub-normality of intelligence.(i) "Notification means a notification published in the Official gazetteProposed Amendmentsd) Omittede) OmittedNo ChangeNo change(h) Mental Retardation means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of the mind which is specifically characterised by impairment of adaptive behaviourmanifested during the developmental period which contributes to the overall level of intelligence, cognitive, language, motor and Social ChangeChapter I PreliminaryReasons for Changed)

7 Omitted vide The Rehabilitation Council of Inida(Amendment) Act ) Omitted vide The Rehabilitation Council of Inida(Amendment) Act 2000.(h) This definition is as per suggestions for Amendment in the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995 Act After Approval of Proposed Amendments(d ) Omitted(e)Omitted(f) member means a member appointed under sub-section (3) of section 3 and includes the Chairperson(g) Member Secretary means the Member Secretary appointed under sub-section (1) of section 8.

8 (h) Mental Retardation means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of the mind which is specifically characterised by impairment of adaptive behaviourmanifested during the developmental period which contributes to the overall level of intelligence, cognitive, language, motor and Social abilities.(i) "Notification means a notification published in the Official gazette6 The Act with Amendments 2000(j) prescribed means prescribed by regulations (k) recognised Rehabilitation qualifications means any of the qualifications included in the Schedule;(l) Register means the Central Rehabilitation Register maintained under sub-section (1)of section 23.

9 (m) regulations means regulations made under this Act.(ma) Rehabilitation refers to a process aimed at enabling persons with disabilities to reach and maintain their optimum physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric or social functional levelsProposed Amendments(j) No change(k) No change(l) No change(m) No changeChapter I PreliminaryReasons for ChangeAct After Approval of Proposed Amendments(j) prescribed means prescribed by regulations(k) recognised Rehabilitation qualifications means any of the qualifications included in the Schedule.

10 (l) Register means the Central Rehabilitation Register maintained under sub-section (1) of section 23.(m) regulations means regulations made under this Act.(ma) Rehabilitation refers to a process aimed at enabling persons with disabilities to reach and maintain their optimum physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric or social functional Act with Amendment 2000(n) Rehabilitation professionals aid and ear mould and speech engineers and teachers for educating and training the counselors, employment officers and placement officers dealing with Rehabilitation therapists, technicians orProposed AmendmentsInclude(n) Rehabilitation professionals / personnel (V & VI)