Duties of Registrar

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder and subject to any general or special order of the Board, it shall be the duty of the Registrar to maintain the register and to act as the Secretary of the Board. (2) The register shall be in such form as may be prescribed and shall contain the names, addresses and qualifications of every registered practitioner together with the dates on which such qualifications were acquired. The register shall be divided into the following three parts, namely:- PART I containing the names of the practitioners qualified to practise the Ayurvedic system; PART II containing the names of the practitioners qualified to practise the Unani system; and PART III containing the names of practitioners registered under sub-section (2) of section 15. (3) The Registrar shall keep the register correct and may from time to time enter therein any material alteration in the address or qualifications of the practitioners. The names of the registered practitioners who die or whose names are directed to be removed from the register under this Act shall be removed from the register. (4) A registered practitioner shall, on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, be entitled to have entered in the register any further degrees, diplomas or certificates or other qualifications in Ayurvedic system or Unani system or other recognised medical degrees, diplomas or certificates which he may obtain. (5) For the purposes of this section, the Registrar may write by registered post to any registered practitioner at the address which is entered in the register enquiring whether he has ceased to practise or has changed his residence and if no answer is received to the said letter within three months, the Registrar may remove the name of the said practitioner from the Register: Provided that the Board may, if it is satisfied on the application of the said practitioner that he has not ceased to practise, direct that his name be re-entered in the register.