Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Delhi Simplifies Nursing Home Registration, Issues Renewals Within Two Days
Delhi has made it easier for nursing homes to register or renew their registration.
Nursing homes will need to submit fewer documents than before.
Renewal certificates should be issued within two working days after the required papers are submitted.
Applicants can download the certificate from the online portal.
Officials will still check the documents and inspect nursing homes later.
If information is false or rules are broken, a registration can be suspended or cancelled.
The new rules also simplify paperwork about fire safety and medical-waste disposal.
Newly registered nursing homes must use the i-RAD portal to record accidents.
Delhi has simplified fresh registration and renewal procedures for Category A, B and C nursing homes.
Renewal applications will be deemed approved after required documents are submitted, with certificates issued within two working days.
Certificates can be downloaded instantly online, but officials may later suspend or cancel registrations over discrepancies or violations.
Document requirements have been reduced, including removal of extra fire-safety documents, noise-monitoring reports and certain previous records.
Freshly registered nursing homes must join the i-RAD portal within one week and report every accident there.
- Who
- The Delhi government, through its Health and Family Welfare Department and Directorate General of Health Services, changed the procedure for nursing homes.
- What
- The government simplified fresh registration and renewal applications and set a two-working-day timeline for renewal certificates.
- When
- The administrative order was issued on September 2, and the revised directions took effect from that date.
- Where
- Delhi.
- Why
- The changes followed recommendations from a committee reviewing documentary requirements under the Delhi Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1953.
- Renewal timeline
- Renewal certificates are to be issued within two working days of submitting the required documents.
- Online access
- Certificates can be downloaded instantly through the online Nursing Home Registration portal.
- Verification
- The department will continue scrutiny and inspections and may suspend or cancel registrations if discrepancies, false information or legal violations are found.
- Nursing home categories
- The simplified requirements apply to Category A, B and C nursing homes.
- Fire safety
- A Delhi Fire Service Fire Safety Certificate will be required under applicable building bye-laws and fire-safety norms, without an additional fire-safety document.
- Medical waste
- An agreement with a Delhi Pollution Control Committee-authorised biomedical-waste agency and DPCC biomedical-waste authorisation will suffice.
- i-RAD requirement
- Freshly registered nursing homes must register on the i-RAD portal within one week and enter details of every accident.