www.lawcommission.gov.np 1 The Right to Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Act, 2075 (2018) Date of Authentication 2075/6/2 (18 September 2018) Act Number 9 of the year 2075 (2018) An Act Made to Provide for the Right to Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Preamble: Whereas, it is expedient to make necessary provisions on making motherhood and reproductive health service safe, qualitative, easily available and accessible, in order to respect, protect and fulfill the right to safe motherhood and reproductive health of the women conferred by the Constitution of Nepal, Now, therefore be it enacted by the Federal Parliament. Chapter-1 Preliminary 1. Short title and commencement: (1) This Act may be cited as the "Right to Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Act, 2075 (2018)." (2) This Act shall come into force immediately. 2. Definitions: Unless the subject or the context otherwise requires, in this Act,- (a) "Emergency obstetric care" means the service available twenty-four hours to manage any complications in case such complications appear during the condition of pregnancy, child delivery or child birth. (b) "Basic emergency obstetric care" means the basic service such as administering antibiotic, magnesium sulfate or oxytocin, taking out entangled placenta and fetus membrane, give birth to infant with the help of vacuum and cleansing uterus in the case of occurrence of miscarriage. (c) "Teenager" means a person who is of the age group of over ten years up to nineteen years. (d) "Abortion" means the act of fetus coming out or taking it out of the womb or before the fetus remained in the uterus born naturally.
The Right to Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Act, 2075 (2018)
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