Rights of registered Practitioners

Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force— (i) the expression "legally qualified medical practitioner" or "duly qualified medical practitioner" or any word importing a person recognised by law as a medical practitioner or a member of the medical profession shall, in all Acts of the State Legislature in force in the State, and in all Central Acts (in their application to the State) in so far as such Acts relate to any matters specified in list II or list III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India include a practitioner whose name is entered in the register under this Act ; (ii) any certificate, required by or under any Act from any medical practitioner or medical officer shall be valid if such certificate has been signed by a registered practitioner ; (iii) it shall be lawful for every registered or enlisted practitioner, to use in full after his name the words "Registered Medical Practitioner", or "Enlisted Medical Practitioner", as the case may be : (iv) every registered practitioner shall be exempt, if he so desires, from serving on an inquest ; (v) a registered practitioner shall be eligible to hold any appointment as a physician, surgeon, or other medical officer in any Ayurvedic or Unani dispensary, hospital, infirmary or lying-in-hospital, supported by, or receiving a grant from the State Government and treating patients according to the Ayurvedic and Unani system of medicine or in any public establishment, body or or institution dealing with such system of medicine.