In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses(b) to (g) of section 36 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 (48 of 1970), the Central Council of Indian Medicine with the previous sanction of the Central Government, hereby makes the following regulations, namely:-  

1.   Short title  

These regulations may be called the Central Council of Indian Medicine (General) Regulations, 1976.

2.   Definitions

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a)           "Act" means the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970, (48 of 1970);
(b)           "Employees" means persons employed by the Central Council under clause (b) of section 12  to          carry out the purposes of the Act;
(c)           "Executive Committee" means  a committee constituted by the Central Council under section 10 of          the Act;
(d)           "Member"  means a member elected under clause (a) or (b), or nominated under  clause (c), of          sub-section(1)  of section 3 of the Act;
(e)            "President" means the President of the Central Council elected under Sub-section (2) of section 3          of the  Act.
(f)            "Registrar" means  the Registrar of the Central Council appointed under clause(a) of section 12 of          the Act, who shall also act as the Secretary of the Central Council;
(g)           "Standing and Ad-hoc Committee" 'means' different committees constituted by the Central Council          for general or special purposes under section 10 of the Act;
(h)           "Vice-President" means a Vice  President of the Central Council elected under sub-section(3) of          section 3 of the Act.

3.Office of the Central Council

The Office of the Central Council shall be situated in Delhi.

PART -I 

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENTS

4.  President 

The President shall exercise such powers and perform duties as may be assigned to him by or under the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder.

5.  Vice-Presidents 

(1) The Vice-Presidents shall exercise  such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by or under the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder. 

(2)  If the office of the President is vacant or if the President for any reason is unable to exercise the powers or discharge the functions of his office, the Vice-Presidents, in rotation, for one year at a time shall act in his place and shall exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the President. 

The order of the rotation shall be as below:-

(a) Vice-President            -           Ayurveda
(b) Vice-President            -           Unani
(c) Vice-President           -            Siddha