Background. The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) was set up as a registered society in 1986. On September, 1992 the RCI Act was enacted by Parliament and it became a Statutory Body on 22 June 1993. The Act was amended by Parliament in 2000 to make it more broad-based

1. Moderator:
Dr. Anjalatchi
MSc. (N) MD (AM) MBA (HA)
Dept. of Community Health Nursing
Era’s College of Nursing, EU
Moderatee :
Ms. Gayatri Rana
MSc. Nursing 2nd year-
Community health Nursing
Era’s College of Nursing, EU

2. General objective:
At the end of the session, M.Sc. Nursing 2nd year clinical speciality II
community health nursing students will able to gain knowledge
regarding rehabilitation council of India

3. Specific objectives:
- Introduce RCI
- State the objectives of RCI
- List executive committee
- Mention objective of zonal co-ordinations committees (ZCC)
- Enlist area wise coverage ZCC
- Introduce RCI act
- Narrate training courses approved by RCI

4. - Define accreditation for RCI
- Enumerate RCI quality grading format
- Describe Inspections and monitoring by RCI
- Discuss Registration in RCI

5. - The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) was set up as a registered
society in 1986. On September,1992 the RCI Act was enacted by
Parliament and it became a Statutory Body on 22 June 1993.The
Act was amended by Parliament in 2000 to make it more broad
based
Introduction

6. - The mandate given to RCI is to regulate and monitor services given
to persons with disability, to standardize syllabi and to maintain a
Central Rehabilitation Register of all qualified professionals and
personnel working in the field of Rehabilitation and Special
Education
- The Act also prescribes punitive action against unqualified persons
delivering services to persons with disability.
Cont….

7. - To regulate the training policies and programmes in the field of
rehabilitation of persons with disabilities
- To bring about standardization of training courses for
professionals dealing with persons with disabilities
- To prescribe minimum standards of education and training of
various categories of professionals/ personnel dealing with
people with disabilities
Objective

8. - To regulate these standards in all training institutions uniformly
throughout the country
- To recognize institutions/ organizations/ universities running
master's degree/ bachelor's degree/ P.G.Diploma/ Diploma/
Certificate courses in the field of rehabilitation of persons with
disabilities
- To recognize degree/diploma/certificate awarded by foreign
universities/ institutions on reciprocal basis
Cont….

9. - To promote research in Rehabilitation and Special Education
- To maintain Central Rehabilitation Register for registration of
professionals/ personnel
- To collect information on a regular basis on education and training
in the field of rehabilitation of people with disabilities from
institutions in India and abroad
Cont….

10. - To encourage continuing education in the field of rehabilitation and
special education by way of collaboration with organizations
working in the field of disability
- To recognize Vocational Rehabilitation Centres as manpower
development centres
- To register vocational instructors and other personnel working in
the Vocational Rehabilitation Centres
Cont….

11. - To recognize the national institutes and apex institutions on
disability as manpower development centres
- To register personnel working in national institutes and apex
institutions on disability under the Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment
Cont….

12. - Chairperson: 1 (Ms. Anjali Bhawra)
- Member: 8
- Member secretary ex-offico:1
Executive Committee

13. Objectives
- The objective of ZCC is to create an outreach/extension of the
Council to perform the functions as defined
- ZCC will facilitate and assist RCI in providing information and
conducting enquiries, etc. as directed by the Council, pertaining to
Organizations approved by RCI and personnels / Professionals.
Zonal co-ordinations committees (ZCC)

14. Area wise coverage of ZCC
SN Proposed state
chapters
Geographical coverage of states
1 North Eastern -I Assam , Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya
2 North Eastern -II Arunachal Pradesh , Nagaland, Tripura
3 Eastern -I West Bengal , Odisha
4 Eastern -II Bihar , Jharkhand
5 Central -I Uttar Pradesh ,Uttarakhand
6 Central- II Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
7 Northern -I Punjab, Chandigarh

15. SN Proposed state
chapters
Geographical coverage of states
8 Northern -II Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
9 Northern -III Haryana, Delhi
10 Western-I Gujarat, Rajasthan, daman & Diu
11 Western-II Maharashtra, Goa, Dadar & Nagar Haveli
12 Southern -I Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,
13 Southern-II Kerala , Karnataka , Lakshadweep
14 Southern-III Tamilnadu , Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar
Cont….

16. - An Act to provide for the constitution of the Rehabilitation
council of India for regulating the training of rehabilitation
professionals and monitoring the training of rehabilitation
professionals and personnel, promoting research in
rehabilitation and special education and the maintenance of a
Central Rehabilitation Register and for matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto
RCI Act 1992 with Amendment 2000

17. - In the field of Visual Impairment: Diploma in Computer Education
(Visual Impairment), D.Ed., B.Ed. M.Ed. Special Education (Deaf
blind) and (Visual Impairment)
- In the field of Hearing Impairment: D.Ed., B.Ed. M.Ed. Special
Education (Hearing Impairment), Diploma in Indian Sign Language
Interpretation
Training courses: Regular and distance mode

18. - In the field of Intellectual Disability: D.Ed., B.Ed. M.Ed. Special
Education (Intellectual Disability)
- In the field of Learning Disability: B.Ed., M.Ed. Special
Education (Learning Disability)
- In the field of Prosthetics & Orthotics: Certificate Course, D.Ed.,
B.Ed. M.Ed. in Prosthetics & Orthotic
- In the field of Community Based Rehabilitation: Diploma, Post
Graduate Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation
Cont….

19. - In the field of Rehabilitation Psychology, Clinical Psychology,
Speech & Hearing, Locomotor and Cerebral Palsy, Autism
Spectrum and Disorder, Rehabilitation Therapy, Vocation
Counselling and Rehabilitation Social Work/Administration, Care
Givers, Inclusive Education
Cont….

20. - For the RCI, accreditation means a process of quality assurance,
giving recognition where it is due for some clearly visible and
demonstrable strategies of rehabilitation training programmes and
allied services in their respective areas of disability and objectives
of the institution, known to be honestly pursued and efficiently
achieved by the resources currently available with a potential for
continuous improvement in quality for effective growth and efficient
function.
Accreditation

21. - Grade (A) : Outstanding
Signifies that the rehabilitation training programmes and allied
services meets the requirements and in the most cases exceeds
the criteria. Outstanding Grade is awarded when the cumulative
score exceeds 150 on a 200 point scale.
- Grade (B) : Excellent
Signifies that the rehabilitation training programmes meets and in
the most cases exceeds the criteria. Excellent Grade is awarded
when the cumulative score exceeds 120 to 149 on a 200 point
scale.
RCI's quality grading format

22. - Grade (C) : Very Good
Signify that the training programme in the field of special education
and rehabilitation meets the minimum criteria. Grade very good
awarded when the cumulative score is between 100 and 119 on a
200 point scale.
Cont….

23. Inspection of the Institution
- The feasibility of the Institution for grant of extension of recognition
is assessed by a team of Visiting Experts nominated from the
respective disability area
- The Institutions desirous to conduct any of the Council's approved
training are also assesses about their feasibility to conduct the
proposed training programme in the field of special education and
rehabilitation.
Inspections and Monitoring

24. Surprise Inspection & Mid -Term Report
- The Council regularly carries out surprise inspections to monitor
the quality of the approved training programme and violations
identified are required to be rectified under intimation to the Council
The recognized institutions are required to submit their mid-term
report pertaining to the conduct of the approved training. The report
contains the detailed information about the core & guest faculty,
students admitted and other infrastructural facilities required in
accordance with the RCI's prescribed norms.
Cont….

25. - The persons registered with RCI shall be entitled to practice as a
rehabilitation professionals/ personnel in any part of India and to
recover in due course of law in respect of such practice any
expenses, charges in respect of medicaments or other appliances
or any fees to which he may be entitled.
Registration

26. Summary
Till now we have discussed about the rehabilitation council
of india

28. Conclusion

29. Assignment
Write rehabilitation of chronic diseases and submitted on 14.07.2021 at
10 am in M.Sc. Nursing 2nd year classroom, Era’s college of nursing,
Lucknow.

30. Bibliography to teacher
- Rehabilitation council of india. (2021). objective.
http://www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/forms/Sublink1.aspx?lid=798
- Rehabilitation council of india. (2021). General council.
http://www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/forms/Sublink1.aspx?lid=883
- Rehabilitation council of india. (2021). executive committee.
http://www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/forms/Sublink1.aspx?lid=800

31. - Rehabilitation council of india. (2021). zonal committee.
http://www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/forms/Sublink1.aspx?lid=801
- Rehabilitation council of india. (2021). RCI act.
http://www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/forms/Sublink2.aspx?lid=842
Cont….

32. Bibliography for student
- Rehabilitation council of india. (2021). objective.
http://www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/forms/Sublink1.aspx?lid=798
- Rehabilitation council of india. (2021). General council.
http://www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/forms/Sublink1.aspx?lid=883
- Rehabilitation council of india. (2021). executive committee.
http://www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/forms/Sublink1.aspx?lid=800

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