1.
Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Indian Medicine Central
Council Act, 1970.
(2)
It extends to the whole of India.
(3)
It shall come into force in a State on
such date 1 as the
Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf for such
State, and different dates may be appointed for
different States and for different provisions
of this Act.
2.
Definitions
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a)
"approved institution" means a teaching
institution, health center or hospital recognised
by a University or Board as an institution in
which a person may undergo the training, if any,
required by his course of study before the award
of any medical qualification to him;
(b)
"Board" means a Board, Council, Examining
Body or Faculty of Indian Medicine (by whatever
name called) constituted by the State Government
under any law for the time being in force regulating
the award of medical qualifications in, and registration
of practitioners of, Indian medicine;
(c)
"Central Council" means the Central Council
of Indian Medicine constituted under section
3;
(d)
"Central Register of Indian Medicine"
means the register maintained by the Central
Council under this Act.
(e)
"Indian Medicine" means the system of Indian
medicine commonly known as Ashtang Ayurveda, Siddha
or Unani Tibb whether supplemented or not by such
modern advances as the Central Council may declare
by notification from time to time.
* '(ea)
"medical college" means a college of
Indian medicine, whether known as such or by any
other name, in which a person may undergo a course
of study or training including any post-graduate
course of study or training which will qualify
him for the award of a recognized medical qualification;'.
(f)
"medical institution" means any institution
within or without India, which grants degrees,
diploma or licenses in Indian medicine.
( g)
"prescribed" means prescribed by
regulation;
(h)
"recognised medical qualification" means
any of the medical qualifications, including Post-graduate
medical qualification, of Indian medicine included
in the Second, Third or Fourth Schedule;
(i)
"regulation" means a regulation made under
section 36;
(j)
"State Register of Indian Medicine" means
a register or registers maintained under any law
for the time being in force in any State regulating
the registration of practitioners of Indian Medicine;
(k)
"University" means any university in India
established by law and having a Faculty of Indian
Medicine and includes a University in India established
by law in which instruction, teaching, training
or research in Indian medicine is provided.
(2)
Any reference in this Act to a law which
is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir
shall, in relation to that State, be construed
as a reference to the corresponding law, if any,
in force in that State.
* Ammended
by s.no. 62 dated 7/11/2003
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1.
Provisions of Ss. 2, 13, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 came into
force in the whole of India and provisions
of Ss. 3, 5 to 12 (both inclusive) and 14
to 16 (both inclusive) came into force in
all the States (except the State of Nagaland)
and in the Union territory of Delhi on the
15th August, 1971, see Notification
No. S. O. 2994 dated 10-8-1971, Gazette
of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3(ii),
p.2571.
Provisions
of Ss. 17 and 23 to 31 (both inclusive)
came into force in the whole of India w.e.f.
1-10-1976, see Notification No. S. O. 626
(E), dated 10-9-1976, Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3(ii), p.1845.
Provisions
of S. 4 came into force in the whole of
India w.e.f. 7-11-1983 see Notification
No. S. O. 816(E), dated 17-11-1983, Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3(ii).
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