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Running a modern Indian clinic
More plain-English guides on billing, compliance, and going paperless, grounded in how clinics actually run.
Compliance
Starting a clinic in Karnataka: registration and licences
Karnataka runs its own clinic law, the KPME Act, registered online at the district level. Here is what is state-specific, plus KSPCB, drug, KMC and PCPNDT.
· 7 min read
Compliance
Starting a clinic in Maharashtra: registration and licences
Maharashtra registers clinics under the Bombay Nursing Homes Act with the local body (BMC, PMC), not a state portal. Here is what is state-specific.
· 8 min read
Compliance
Starting a clinic in Tamil Nadu: registration and licences
Tamil Nadu has its own clinic law, the Private Clinical Establishments Act 1997, run by DMS. Here is what is state-specific, plus TNPCB, drug, TNMC and PCPNDT.
· 9 min read
Compliance
Starting a clinic in Uttar Pradesh: registration and licences
Uttar Pradesh adopted the central Clinical Establishments Act, registered at the district CMO level. Here is what is UP-specific, plus UPPCB, FSDA and PCPNDT.
· 8 min read
Guides
How to switch clinic software without losing your data
Switch clinic software safely: take stock, export and clean your records, migrate what's active, run both systems briefly, and verify nothing is lost.
· 5 min read
Compliance
Biomedical waste management rules for clinics
What India's Biomedical Waste Management Rules 2016 require of a clinic: SPCB authorization, the under-1-kg exemption, colour-coded bins, and CBWTF tie-up.
· 3 min read
Compliance
Clinical Establishment Act registration explained
How clinical establishment registration works in India: which states use the CEA 2010, which run their own acts, the process, fees, penalties and renewal.
· 2 min read
Compliance
Do clinics need a drug license to dispense medicines?
When a clinic needs a retail drug license, the doctor's-own-dispensing exemption and its limits, and what Form 20 and Form 21 actually cover.
· 4 min read
Compliance
GST exemption for healthcare services: what's in, what's out
A clinic makes mixed supplies under GST. Consultation and treatment are exempt; pharmacy, cosmetic work, and product sales are taxable. Here's the full map.
· 3 min read
Compliance
GST on cosmetic and aesthetic procedures in India
Cosmetic procedures and hair transplants carry 5% GST without ITC since Sep 2025, not exempt like medical care. Reconstructive work stays exempt.
· 2 min read
Compliance
Is GST charged on doctor consultation fees in India?
Doctor consultations and treatment are exempt from GST in India under entry 74 of Notification 12/2017. Pharmacy and cosmetic work are where tax starts.
· 3 min read
Compliance
GST on medicines and pharmacy sales in a clinic
Medicines given to an admitted patient ride along with exempt treatment. Sell the same drug over the counter and it's taxable. Here's the line for clinics.
· 2 min read