Frequently asked questions

The organisations can obtain the application form for NABH Accreditation from NABH Secretariat or download it from the web-site. The application form can be submitted from February 5, 2010 onwards accompanied with the required application fee and a signed document ‘Terms and Conditions for Maintaining NABH Accreditation'. The remaining documentation and the completed self assessment toolkit may be submitted after a period of 3 months. For more details please see ‘Accreditation Documents'.

Accreditation Program for AYUSH Hospitals consists of two kinds of standards - Accreditation Standards and Structural Standards. Accreditation standards are based on three components- structure, process and outcome. These standards measure the quality and safety aspects of the care delivered to the patients. Structural standards which are basically deals with infrastructural requirements to help the organisations to deliver quality of care. For each speciality i.e Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani, Siddha. Yoga and Naturopathy we have separate Accreditation and Structural Standards as per their individual system of medicine and requirements.

Prerequisite: Minimum bed strength of 10 beds in the AYUSH Hospital.

An organisation planning to go for NABH accreditation may obtain a copy of NABH Standards for AYUSH Hospitals(Accreditation and Structural Standards) and carry out a self assessment on the status of compliance with the standards to ensure that the standards are implemented and integrated with the hospital functioning.

Note: For further details, please go through the various documents including “General Information Brochure” available on our website.

The Standards for Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy and Siddha Hospitals` are available at a cost of Rs 750 and for Yoga and Naturopathy hospitals for Rs 500. The standards may be purchased by sending us a DD of the amount in favour of “Quality Council of India” payable at New Delhi. The standards would be dispatched by courier. The standards may also be procured in person from our office.

NABH provides information on documents and procedures. NABH may organize implementation training workshops for training applicant organisation’s staff at requisite fees. A request for organizing the same may be send by the applicant organisation to NABH from February 5, 2010 onwards. NABH also conducts one day awareness programmes throughout the country. It also guides the applicant organisation on different requirements at various stages of accreditation.

NABH accreditation is not a one-time phenomenon. Once the organisation gets accredited, accreditation shall be valid for 3 years. NABH conducts a regular surveillance of the accredited organisation. The surveillance visit will be planned during the 2nd year.

NABH may be contacted by telephone, post, email or any other communication media. Enquiries may be addressed to Dr. Bhawna Gulati Muradia, Assistant Director, NABH at info@nabh.co, by post/fax at the following address.

National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers(NABH)

Quality Council of India
ITPI Building, 6th Floor, 4 - A, Ring Road, I P Estate,
New Delhi - 110002
Tel: +91 11 233 23 416 / 417 / 418 / 419 / 420
Fax: +91 11 233 23 415