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Haryana makes digital ID mandatory for doctors, nurses, pharmacists
The Story in Brief
Haryana has made digital registration mandatory for all healthcare professionals working or registered in the state, setting a 90-day deadline to obtain an HPR (Healthcare Professional Registry) ID. The health department's 30 October notification, which takes effect one month after gazette publication, applies to doctors, dentists, AYUSH practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and allied professionals including ANMs and GNM nurses. The registry, part of the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, will be a publicly accessible database allowing patients to verify credentials.
Registration will be treated as provisional for 90 days after application, during which professionals can continue practising. Anyone who fails to obtain the digital ID within that period faces automatic suspension of provisional registration and cannot practise until the relevant council reinstates their registration. Reinstatement requires a fresh application within 10 days of obtaining the HPR ID. The mandate is implemented through five professional councils, which must issue at least three reminders and submit periodic compliance data to state authorities.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The mandate creates a single, government-verified digital identity for every doctor, nurse and pharmacist in Haryana, removing the need for patients to rely on unauthorised or incomplete credential checks. Because the HPR ID is tied to the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, the data can feed into national healthcare workforce planning, but the immediate effect is on individual practitioners: a 90-day clock starts from the date their registration or renewal falls due. Anyone who misses that window is suspended without further notice and must apply for re-registration, a process that adds another 10-day deadline after obtaining the ID. The professional councils are the enforcement arm: they must send three reminders, maintain the ID in their own databases, and report compliance to the state. The notification comes into effect one month after its gazette publication, which was on 30 October.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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