Definitions

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires.-

1. (a) "Council" means the State Medical Council of Meghalaya constituted under this Act;
2. (b) "Government" means the Government of the State of Meghalaya;
3. (c) "Institiution" includes a hospital, dispensary or health centre where people report either as indoor or outdoor patients for investigation or for treatment;
4. (d) "Medical Council of India" means the Medical Council of india established and constituted under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956;
5. (e) "medicine" means any modern scientific medicine and includes surgery and obstetrics, but does not include veterinary medicine or dentistry or veterinary surgery or Homoeopathic, Ayurvedic or Unany system of medicines and the expression "medical" shall be construed accordingly;
6. (f) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act;
7. (g) "President" and Vice-President" means respectively the President and Vice-President of the Council;
8. (h) "recognised medical qualification" means any of the medical qualifications included in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, as amended from time to time;
   • (i) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Council;
9. (j) "Register" means the State Medical Register maintained by the Council under this Act;
10. (k) "registered practitioner" means any person whose name is entered in the Register under this Act;
11. (l) "section" means a section of this Act.