Summary:
Justice Vibhu Bakhru pronounced the order on the heels of a petition filed by an association of lab technicians, which submitted that they were skilled professionals. The petitioners stated that the association members were highly qualified and engaged in the activity of laboratory testingThe Delhi High Court (HC) has now restricted the lab technicians to merely conducting pathology tests and noting the results. The petitioners stated that the association members were highly qualified and engaged in the activity of laboratory testing. They added that conducting laboratory tests and submitting reports are essentially skilled tasks, for which the association members are qualified enough, and it is not necessary that the reports submitted by them be countersigned by a medical practitioner. However, since they do not have an MBBS or MD degree, they are not registered with the MCI or the State Medical Councils..