NABH Accreditation for Panchakarma Clinics

Who this programme is for

NABH's Panchakarma Clinic programme is built for the wellness and therapy centres that make up much of Ayurveda practice: day-care Panchakarma clinics attached to a practitioner's OPD, standalone therapy centres in cities and wellness destinations. To be eligible a clinic must:

• have operated as a healthcare provider for at least six months;
• have at least two Panchakarma tables;
• offer services without sanctioned beds;
• implement the standards across the whole clinic for three months and comply with applicable laws.

If you admit patients, you belong in the AYUSH hospital programme or AYUSH entry-level certification. NABH has also published Accreditation Standards for Ayush Treatment and Wellness Centres (1st Edition), effective 1 April 2025, whose scope names Panchakarma clinics providing OPD or day-care services; our guide to the ATWC standards explains them, and we confirm with NABH which standard your application will use.

What a compliant Panchakarma clinic looks like

Assessors are not judging Ayurveda — they are judging whether therapy is delivered safely and consistently. In practice that means:

• Protocols for every therapy you offer — Snehana, Swedana, Vamana, Virechana, Basti, Nasya, Raktamokshana, Shirodhara and others — covering indications, contraindications, pre- and post-procedure care and monitoring.
• Therapy-specific consent, explained in the patient's language, with risks stated plainly.
• People — a registered practitioner supervising; therapists with documented training and competence checks.
• Medicines and oils — sourcing from licensed manufacturers, labelled and dated preparations, storage and expiry control, records of in-house preparation.
• Hygiene — cleaning of droni, steam chambers and utensils, oil and linen handling, hand hygiene and biomedical waste segregation.
• Safety — vitals monitoring during strenuous procedures, a stocked emergency tray, staff trained in basic life support and a referral tie-up with a hospital.
• Records — assessment, Prakriti and diagnosis, therapy plan, daily therapy notes and outcomes.

The process and fees

The steps are: buy the standards and guidebook, implement for three months, apply online with documents and fees, on-site assessment by NABH assessors, closure of corrective actions and the accreditation decision. Surveillance follows at 15–18 months and re-application in year 3.

Plus 18% GST; focus assessments ₹15,000 and certificate re-issue ₹6,000.

How we help Panchakarma clinics

We write therapy protocols and consent forms with your practitioners so they reflect classical practice and pass an assessor's safety lens, train therapists, set up pharmacy and hygiene records, and run a mock assessment. Most Panchakarma clinics are ready to apply after the three-month implementation period. One of our clients, a Panchakarma centre in Udaipur, also needed its AYUSH registration and licences sorted first — we handle those too.