National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions

The commission strives to implement improvement of healthcare quality through the assurance of competence and professionalism of the practitioners on a national level. It regulates the education, training, registration, and standards of practice of allied and healthcare professionals not regulated under any of the other councils such as the National Medical Commission or Indian Nursing Council. 

NCAHP divides allied and health professions into ten general categories such as Medical Laboratory Sciences, Physiotherapy, Nutrition Science, Occupational Therapy, Medical Radiology, and Health Information Management, among others. The wide variety of categories is intended to group different health professions under a single regulatory act to achieve a uniformity across the nation.

Some of the key functions of the NCAHP are curriculum planning and delivery, accreditation of education institutions, practicing registration management, and conducting continuous professional development. Registration for health professionals must be renewed by the commission every five years through ongoing skill acquisition and learning to deliver quality patient care.

The NCAHP recently brought out guidelines to launch new competency-based curricula for ten allied health care professions from the academic year 2026–2027. Universities and deemed universities need to form boards of studies as per NCAHP norms, and governments and state councils need to oversee compliance and report progress.

The commission has also issued draft regulations for registration of allied and healthcare professionals where professionals have to register on state councils and a central register in return for the release of a Unique Identification Number in return for practicing all over India. Provision is made for provisional registration for those with informal qualifications and appeals, renewal, and penalties for failure to register.

With its policy of regulation, curriculum reform, and professional development, the NCAHP is consolidating India's allied and healthcare industry human resources into a better, responsible, and harmonized healthcare industry that serves practitioners and patients across the country.