The Kerala
state government
has issued a
gazette notification
declaring the guidelines prescribing minimum standards for
registration
of
therapy centres
in Kerala. With this, all therapy centres will have to be registered with the social justice department, which will have a state-level monitoring committee set up with secretary,
social justice department
(SJD) as chairman
2)Under the new notifications, the qualifications of all therapists are defined, and specifications have been issued while setting up therapy centres. Now, all therapy centres providing services to persons with disabilities under a regulatory mechanism need registration before a competent authority notified by government as per Sec.49 of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.