Duties of Registrar

Duties of Registrar.

1. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules thereunder and subject to any general or special orders of the Board, it shall be the duty of the Registrar to keep the Register.
2. (2) The Registration shall be in such form as be prescribed by the rules and shall contain the name, address and qualifications of every registered practitioner together with the dates on which such qualifications were acquired. The Register shall be divided in to three parts :-
   • (i) that containing the names of the practitioners qualified to practise the Ayurvedic System ;
   • (ii) that containing the names of the practitioners qualified to practise the Unani System ; and
   • (iii) that containing the names of the practitioners registered under sub-section
3. (2) of section 16.
4. (3) The Registrar shall keep the Register correct as far as possible 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 sub-section
5. (3) of section 16, shall be removed from the Register.
6. (4) A registered practitioner shall, on payment of such fees as may be prescribed by the rules, be entitled to have entered in the Register any further degrees, diplomas or certificates or other qualifications in Ayurvedic or Unani Systems of Medicine or other recognised medical degrees, diplomas or certificates, which he may obtain.
7. (5) For the purpose of this section, the Registrar may write by registered post to any registered practitioner at the address which is entered in the Register to enquire whether he has ceased to practise or has changed his residence and, if no answer is received to the said letter within six months, the Registrar may remove the name of the said practitioner from the Register :