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The Jammu and Kashmir Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1959

The Jammu and Kashmir Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1959

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This Act establishes a formal regulatory framework for the practice of Ayurvedic and Unani medicine in Jammu and Kashmir. It creates a governing Board responsible for maintaining a register of qualified practitioners, setting educational standards, and overseeing examinations. The law ensures that only individuals with recognized qualifications or verified experience can legally practice these traditional systems of medicine. For the ordinary citizen, this legislation is essential as it provides a mechanism to verify the credentials of their healthcare providers, ensuring that those treating them have met specific professional standards, thereby promoting public health and safety within the state.

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Part I PRELIMINARY

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement

Part II AYURVEDIC AND UNANI SYSTEMS OF MEDICINES

  1. 2Definitions
  2. 3Establishment, constitution and incorporation of the Board
  3. 4Provided that not less than four of such members shall be persons holding a certificate or Diploma in Ayurvedic or Unani System of Medicine.
  4. 5Election of members
  5. 6Term of Office
  6. 7Vacancies
  7. 8Resignation of a member
  8. 9Disabilities for continuing as member
  9. 10Disqualifications
  10. 11Validity of proceedings
  11. 12Time and place of meeting of the Board
  12. 13Provided that until such regulations are made, it shall be lawful for the President to summon a meeting of the Board at such time and place as he may deem expedient by letter addressed to each member.
  13. 14Registrar
  14. 15Duties of Registrar
  15. 16Provided that the Board may, if it is satisfied that the said practitioner has not ceased to practise, on the application of the said practitioner, direct that his name be re-entered in the Register.
  16. 17Appeal to Board from decision of Registrar and other powers of the Board
  17. 18Qualified practitioner certificates
  18. 19Examination before registration
  19. 20Qualifying examination
  20. 21Removal of Institutions authorised to hold qualifying examinations
  21. 22Exemption from serving on inquests
  22. 23Fees payable to members of the Board
  23. 24Fees received by the Board
  24. 25Annual list of practitioners
  25. 26False assumption of certificate or diploma to be an offence
  26. 27Alteration of the Schedule
  27. 28Rules
  28. 29Regulations
  29. 30Provided further that in sanctioning the said regulations due consideration shall be given to the opinion of the members of either system of medicine as expressed in the said proceedings.
  30. 31Court competent to try offences under this Act and cognizance of offences

Part III MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS GENERALLY

  1. 32Powers of the Government to enforce the provisions of Part III
  2. 33Provided that the Government shall give wide publicity to the notification in such other manner also as it deems proper.
  3. 34Prohibition to practice of persons not listed
  4. 35Penalty
  5. 36Examination before registration
  6. 37Saving
  7. 38Conferring, granting or issuing diploma, licence, etc. by unauthorised person or institution

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