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Inspectors and Visitors, Regulations, 1977
In excercise of the powers conferred by clause (h) 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 (Inspectors and Visitors) Regulations, 1977.
2. Definitions
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires;
(a) "Act" means the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 (48 of 1970).
(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 of the Act;
(d) "Executive Committee" means a Committee constituted by the Central Council under section 10 of the 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;
(f) "Inspector" means the inspectors appointed under clause (I) of section 19 of the Act;
(g) "President" means the President of the. Central Council, elected under subsection (2) of section 3 of the Act;
(h) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Central Council appointed under clause (a) of the section 12 of the Act, who shall also act as the Secretary of the Central Council;
(i) "University" means any University in India established by law and having a Faculty of Indian Medicine and include an University in India established by law in which instruction, teaching, training or research in Indian Medicine is provided.
3. Inspection of examination
(a) The inspection of examination, courses of study and institutions for medical education, under section 19 of the Act, shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Registrar to ascertain periodically from the examining bodies and institutions the date and place of every such examination which may be inspected by the Central Council.
(c) The Executive Committee of the Central Council shall appoint not less than three inspectors for Ayurveda and one each for Unani and Siddha to inspect colleges, hospitals and other institutions of Indian Medicine.
4. Appointment of Inspectors
(a) No person shall be appointed as an Inspector unless he has previously taught students in one or other of the subjects of the medical examination in Indian Medicine or in cognate subjects for five years or has acted as examiner at examinations for three years or possesses 10 years professional standing.
(b) Every Inspector shall receive from the President a formal commission in writing under the seal of the Central Council. The said commission shall specify, the medical colleges, hospitals or other institutions where education in Indian Medicine is given and the examination or examinations which he is required to inspect and shall inform him that he is to report thereon to the Executive Committee of the Central Council in accordance with these regulations a copy of which shall at the same time be supplied to him.
(c) No Inspector shall take part in the inspection of any examination in the University or college of Indian Medicine in which he is a teacher or examiner.
(d) An Inspector may accept ordinary hospitality, but may not accept hospitality of house and board, from examiners or from any official of the University or college in which he is conducting an inspection.
(e) A casual inspector shall, be paid travelling and other allowances according to the scale prescribed for members for attending the meetings of the Central Council.
(f) No member of the Central Council shall be appointed as Inspector.
5. Procedure of inspection
Every inspector shall comply with the following requirements, namely :-
(a) To make himself acquainted with such previous reports on the facilities for teaching existing at the colleges, hospitals or other institutions wherein instructions are given to students and on the qualifying examination or examinations which he is appointed to inspect as the President may direct, and with the observations of the University/Boards/ examining bodies and the report of the Executive Committee of the Central Council thereon;
(b) To attend personally every examination which he is required to inspect and to inspect the medical colleges, hospitals and other institutions where education is given in Indian Medicine in regard to matters like the standard of staff, equipment, accommodation, training and other facilities for education in Indian Medicine but shall not interfere with the conduct of training or examination;
6. Duties of Inspectors
(a) It shall be the duty of an Inspector to report the Executive Committee of the Central Council, his opinion as to the sufficiency or insufficiency of each examination attended by him, and of the teaching facilities available in the institutions in which the candidates were trained;
(b) To set forth in his report in order, all necessary particulars as to the question proposed in the written, oral and practical parts of each examination attended by him, the cases and the appliances provided for clinical and practical examinations, the arrangements made for invigilation, the method and scales of marking, the standard of knowledge shown by successful candidates, and generally all such details as may be required for adjudicating on the scope and character of the examination;
(c) To inspect and set forth in his report informations relating to and comments on teaching facilities, equipment, accommodation and staff existing at such colleges, hospitals and other sections attached to the institution;
(d) To include in his report, in the form of a brief diary, a record of the days and hours when he was present during the course of examination inspected and to see for himself the teaching facilities provided and of the parts or division of each examination in progress on each day;
(e) To include also in his report a statement of the extent to which the recommendations of the Central Council in regard to professional examinations have been carried out in the cases of each examination inspected by him, and also to what extent the resolutions of the Central Council on professional education have been given effect to in the education of the students in the particular subject or subjects with which he is concerned in the inspection; and
(f) On receipt from the Registrar of a proof copy of any of his report, to compare such proof with the original and correct, sign and return it to the Registrar for preservation in records of the Central Council, as the authoritative copy of the such report.
7. Consideration of report
(a) Every report of an inspector shall be printed under the direction of the President, and it shall be referred to the Executive Committee for consideration and report to the Central Council. A copy of the report shall be supplied to each member of the Executive Committee.
(b) Reports of Inspectors shall be deemed confidential unless in any particular case the Central Council shall otherwise direct.
(c) As soon as the copies of any report by an Inspector have been prepared, a sufficient number thereof marked "Confidential" shall be forwarded to the University/Board/Examining bodies or the institution concerned with a request that the University or institution shall furnish to the Central Council, with as little delay as possible, such observations thereon as it may think necessary.
(d) A confidential copy of every report of an inspector with the observations of the University/Board/Examining Body thereon shall be supplied to each member of the Central Council and shall be considered together with the report of the Executive Committee thereon by the Central Council at their next meeting.
(e) A copy of every report by an Inspector, with the observations of the University/ Board/Examining Body concerned, and the opinion of the Executive Committee thereon shall, after approval by the Central Council, be forwarded to the Central Government.
8. Visit of College and Examination
The visitation shall be carried out in accordance with these regulations.
9. Appointment of Visitors
(a) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 20, a visitor may be either a member of the Central Council or a person who is, or has been a teacher at an institution conferring any qualifications included in the Schedules to the Act or shall have acted as an examiner for five years or possesses 10 years professional standing.
(b) A visitor shall be paid travelling and other allowances according to the scales prescribed for members for attending the meetings of the Central Council and a visitor who is not a member of the Central Council in accordance with the scale admissible to an Inspector of the Central Council.
(c) Every visitor shall receive from the President a formal commission in writing under the seal of the Central Council, the commission shall specify the examination or examinations and the medical colleges, hospitals and other institutions where education in Indian Medicine is given which he is required to visit and shall inform him that he is to report thereon to the President in accordance with these regulations and to conduct enquiries or make inspection regarding specific issues mentioned in the commission, in accordance with these regulations.
10. Duties of visitors
It shall be the duty of a visitor :-
(a) To attend personally every examination which he is required to visit and to see for himself the teaching facilities provided;
(b) To report to the President of the Central Council on every examinations visited by him;
(c) To include in his report in the form of a brief diary, a record of the days and hours when he was present during the course of each examination visited and of the parts or divisions of examination in progress on each day and of the institutions, hospitals which he visited;
(d) To include also in his report a statement to the extent to which the recommendations of the Central Council in regard to professional examinations have been carried out in the case of each examination visited by him, and also to what extent the recommendations of the Central Council on professional education have been given effect to in the education of the students in the particular subject or subjects with which he is concerned in the visitation, and also the facilities for teaching in regard to accommodation, staff, equipment existing in the institution and associate hospitals and other institutions visited by him;
(e) To include in his report such other relevant observations, he may deem desirable;
(f) To make such inspections and enquiries on behalf of the Central Council as he might think necessary so as to enable him to draw up a report to the President on the specific issues for which the visitation is made;
(g) To compare on receipt from the Registrar such a copy of his report with the original, and correct, sign and return it to the Registrar for preservation in the records of the Central Council as the authoritative copy of such report.
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