(1) The Government shall, by notification, establish the Punjab Reproductive, Maternal, Neo-natal and Child Health Authority.
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of any property and shall sue and be sued by the said name.
(3) The Authority shall not enter into any agreement or memorandum of understanding without prior general or special approval of the Government.
(4) The Authority shall not acquire or dispose of any immovable property without prior permission in writing of the Government.
(5) A person shall not enter upon or in any way use the assets without written approval of the Authority.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and rules, the Authority may exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be necessary for carrying out purposes of the Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the provision of subsection (1), the Authority shall–
(a) administer and regulate the affairs of the employees, including terms and conditions of their services as community based workers;
(b) employ and remove the employees working under its control;
(c) develop and notify, with the approval of the Government, the terms and conditions of the service of the employees;
(d) take or cause to be taken such measures as are required for entering into contracts including concession agreements, granting licenses and other contractual instruments for the following purposes:-
(i) improving contraceptive prevalence rate;
(ii) reducing unmet need for contraception;
(iii) increasing percentage of women receiving at least four antenatal cares from skilled providers;
(iv) increasing tetanus toxoid vaccination, skilled birth attendance, institutional deliveries, women receiving postnatal care and children fully immunized;
(v) increasing percentage of pregnant women knowing at least two danger signs of pregnancy and percentage of mothers aware of at-least two benefits of exclusive breastfeeding and early initiation of breast feeding and exclusive breast feeding;
(vi) increasing percentage of children, suffering from diarrhoea, treated with oral rehydration solution and zinc;
(vii) increasing percentage of mothers able to identify at least two danger signs in early childhood illness like pneumonia;
(viii) decreasing severe and moderate wasting prevalence; and
(ix) decreasing prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women.
(e) develop and recommend the minimum service delivery standards for reproductive, maternal, neo-natal and child health and nutrition services, as may be notified by the Punjab Healthcare Commission under the Punjab Healthcare Commission Act 2010 (XVI of 2010);
(f) play stewardship role in formulation of program policy guidelines in consultation with the stakeholders;
(g) constitute and notify the technical advisory groups on different thematic areas for formulating technical guidelines; and
(h) cause performance audit and internal financial audit to be conducted pertaining to primary health care and family planning services.