Reg.1 Short title, extent and commencements

       These regulations may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Regulations, 1975.
        (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Reg.2 Definitions

       In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
       (a) "Act" means the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971);
       (b) "Admission Register" means the register maintained under Regulation 5;
       (c) "approved place" means a place approved under Rule 4 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 1975;
       (d) "Chief Medical Officer of the State" means the Chief Medical Officer of the State, by whatever name, called
       (e) "Form" means a form appended to these regulations;
       (f) "Hospital" means a hospital established or maintained by the State Government;
       (g) "section" means a section of the Act.

Reg.3 Form of certifying opinion or opinions

       (1) Where one registered Medical Practitioner forms or not less than two registered Medical Practitioners form such opinion as is referred to in Sub-section (2) of Section 3 or Section 5, he or they shall certify such opinion in Form I.
        (2) Every registered Medical Practitioner who terminates any pregnancy shall, within three hours from the termination of the pregnancy, certify such termination in Form I.

Reg.4 Custody of forms

       (1) The consent given by a pregnant woman for the termination of her pregnancy, together with the certified opinion recorded under Section 3 or Section 5, as the case may be, and the intimation of termination of pregnancy shall be placed in an envelope which shall be sealed by the registered Medical Practitioner or Practitioners by whom such termination of pregnancy was performed and until that envelop is sent to the head of the hospital or owner of the approved place or the Chief Medical Officer of the State, it shall be kept in the safe custody of the concerned registered Medical Practitioner, Practitioners or as the case may be.
        (2) On every envelope referred to in Sub-regulation (1) pertaining to the termination of pregnancy under Section 3, there shall be noted the serial number assigned to the pregnant woman in the Admission Register and the name of the registered Medical Pr

Reg.5 Maintenance of Admission Register

       (1) Every head of the hospital or owner of the approved place shall maintain a register in Form III for recording therein the admissions of women for the termination of their pregnancies.
        (2) The entries in the Admission Register shall be made serially and a fresh serial shall be started at the commencement of each calendar year and the serial number of the particular year shall be distinguished from the serial number of other years by mentioning the year against the serial number, for example, serial number 5 of 1972 and serial number 5 of 1973 shall be mentioned as 5/1972 and 5/1973.
        (3) The Admission Register shall be a secret document and the information contained therein as to the name and other particulars of the pregnant women shall not be disclosed to any person.

Reg.6 Admission Register not to be open to inspection

       The Admission Register shall be kept in the safe custody of the head of the hospital or owner of the approved place, or by any person authorised by such head or owner and save as otherwise provided in Sub-regulation (5) of Regulation 4 shall not be open to inspection by any person except under the authority of-
       (i) in the case of a departmental or other equiry the Secretary to Government of Orissa, Health and Family Planning Department;
       (ii) in the case of an investigation into an offence, a Magistrate of the First Class within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the hospital or approved place is situated;
       (iii) in the case of suit or other action for damages, the District Judge, within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the hospital or approved place is situated :
   

Reg.7 Entries in registers maintained in hospital or approved place

No entry shall be made in any case-sheet, operation theatre register, follow up card or any other document or register (except the Admission Register) maintained at any hospital or approved place indicating therein the name of the pregnant woman and reference to the pregnant woman shall be made therein by the serial number assigned to such woman in the Admission Register.

Reg.8 Destruction of Admission Register and other papers

Save as otherwise directed by the Secretary to Government of Orissa, Health and Family Planning Department or for in relation to any proceeding pending before him, as directed by a District Judge or a Magistrate of the First Class, every Admission Register shall be destroyed on the expiry of a period of five years from the date of the last entry in that register and other papers on the expiry of a period of three years from the date of the termination of the pregnancy concerned,

Reg.9 Repeal

       The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Regulations, 1972 are hereby repealed :
        Provided that anything done or action taken under the Regulations so repealed shall be deemed to have been made, done or taken under these Regulations.
       FORM I
       [See Regulation 3]
        .......................... (Name and qualifications of the Registered Medical Practitioner in Block Letters)
        ...............(Full address of the Registered Medical Practitioner)
        I........................... (Name and qualifications of the Registered Medical Practitioner in Block Letters) ..................(Full address of the Registered Medical Practitioner).................. hereby certify that *I/we am/ar