Definitions

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires- (a) "appointed day" means the date on which the provisions of this Act other than section 1 shall come into force under sub-section (3) of section 1; (b) "Bharatiya Chikitsa (Indian Medicine)" means Astang Ayurved Siddha and Unani Tibb supplemented or not with modern advances in modern scientific system of medicine in all its branches including surgery and obstetrics; (c) "Central Council" means the Central Council of Indian Medicine constituted under section 3 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 (Central Act 48 of 1970); (d) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Examining Body; (e) "Delhi" means the National Capital Territory of Delhi; (f) "Examining Body" means the Examining Body constituted under sub-section (1) of section 33; (g) "Government" means the Lieutenant Governor as referred to in clause (l) of article 239 AA of the Constitution; (h) "integrated medicine" means conjoint, concurrent study, training and practice in Ayurved/Siddha/Unani Tibb and Modern Scientific System of Medicine in all its branches including surgery and obstetrics; (i) "Lieutenant Governor" means the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution; (j) "Parishad" means the Delhi Bharatiya Chikitsa Parishad established and constituted under section 3; (k) "practitioner" means a medical practitioner who practises the Bharatiya Chikitsa Paddhati (Indian Systems of Medicine); (l) "President" means the President of the Parishad; (m) "qualifying examination for paramedical training" means an examination conducted by the Examining Body for Pharmacists, technicians and nursing care personnel courses in respect of Bharatiya Chikitsa; (n) "register" means the register of practitioners maintained under section 17; (o) "registered practitioner" means a practitioner whose name is for the time being entered in the register; (p) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 16; (q) "regulation" means a regulation made by the Parishad under section 38, by notification in the official Gazette: (r) "rule" means a rule made by the Government under section 37 by notification in the official Gazette; (s) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Examining Body appointed under sub-section (9) of section 33; (u) "section" means a section of this Act; (v) "University" means any university in India established by law or any deemed university recognised by the Central Government and having a faculty of Indian Medicine and includes a University in India established by law in which instructions, teaching, training or research in Indian Medicine is provided; (w) "Vice-President" means the Vice-President of the Parishad.