Established practitioners to be allowed to continue to practice traditional profession of bone-setting and treatment by massage.

1[30A. Established practitioners to be allowed to continue to practice traditional profession of bone-setting and treatment by massage.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, a traditional practitioner who has continuously and uninterruptedly at one place only, for not less than ten years prior to the date of coming into force of the Maharashtra State Council for Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy (Amendment) Act, 2005 (Mah. XLII of 2005) (hereinafter referred to "as the said Amendment Act") been in the traditional practice or profession of bone-setting or treatment by message for cure of any muscular pain, without administering any drugs to the patient either orally or by any other method, and has got himself enlisted with the Council as provided in sub-section (2), may continue to practice such profession at the same place.

1. (2) (a) A traditional practitioner satisfying the conditions laid down in sub-section (1) desirous of continuing his traditional practice or profession may, within six months from the date of coming into force of the said Amendment Act, apply to the Council in the prescribed form, alongwith a fee of rupees one thousand and proof as prescribed, of having been continuously in practice or profession as provided in sub-section (1), at a given address in the State : Provided that, no application for enlistment of the name shall be entertained after the expiry of the aforesaid period.
   • (b) The Council may, on receiving such application within the time limit specified in clause (a), after necessary verification of the application and satisfying itself about the genuineness of the claim of the applicant, enlist such practitioner under this Act and publish in the List of such Enlisted practitioners in the Official Gazette : Provided that, any traditional practitioner whose application for enlistment is rejected by the Council may file an appeal to the State Government as provided under section 29: Provided further that, if in appeal the claim of the appellant is upheld by the appellate authority, the Council shall enlist such practitioner and include the name of the appellant in the List, by amending such List and publish such amendment in the Official Gazette.]