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The Nagaland Medical Council Act, 2014

The Nagaland Medical Council Act, 2014

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The Nagaland Medical Council Act, 2014 establishes a statutory state medical council to regulate the education, registration, and professional conduct of modern scientific medicine practitioners across Nagaland. It applies to all medical doctors practicing allopathy, medical institutions, and municipal health establishments within the state. The law mandates compulsory registration for all doctors practicing modern medicine and makes unauthorized practice by unqualified individuals a criminal offence. For the ordinary citizen, this law safeguards public health by curbing quackery, providing a formal mechanism to report medical negligence or professional misconduct, and ensuring that healthcare providers maintain recognized ethical standards.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement:
  2. 2. Definition
  3. 3. Constitution, functions and powers of this council Constitution and incorporation of the Council:
  4. 4. Term of office:
  5. 5. Casual Vacancies:
  6. 6. Resignation:
  7. 7. Disqualification and disability:
  8. 8. Meetings of council:
  9. 9. :ceding of meetings and validity of acts:
  10. 10. Powers, duties and functions of the Council subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the provisions of the Act, the powers, duties and specific functions of the Council shall be:
  11. 11. Executive Committee
  12. 12. Fee and allowances to members of the Council and of the Executive Committee:
  13. 13. Income and expenditure of the Council:
  14. 14. Appointment of Registrar and lor Deputy Registrar of the Council, their duties and functions:
  15. 15. Power ofAmend Schedule:
  16. 16. Preparation of Register:
  17. 17. Special procedure for registration in certain cases:
  18. 18. Persons who may not be registered:
  19. 19. Fee for and certificate of provisional registration:
  20. 20. Maintenance of register:
  21. 21. Publication of list of registered practitioner:
  22. 22. Disciplinary action including removal of names from the register:
  23. 23. Business to be transacted at meeting
  24. 24. Minutes of the meeting
  25. 25. Approval of written proposal by the circulation
  26. 26. Constitution
  27. 27. Calling of meeting
  28. 28. Notice of the meeting
  29. 29. Attendance at meeting
  30. 30. Business to be transacted at meeting
  31. 31. Minutes of the meeting
  32. 32. Complaint against medical practitioner
  33. 33. Appointment of Registrar/Deputy Registrar
  34. 34. Functions of Registrar/Deputy Registrar
  35. 35. Appointment of other staff members
  36. 36. Retirement
  37. 37. Resignation
  38. 38. Termination of Service
  39. 39. Provident fund, gratuity and other terms of service
  40. 40. Maintenance of Accounts and other registers
  41. 41. Migration/transfer
  42. 42. Certificate of good standing
  43. 43. Honorarium for attendance of meetings
  44. 44. Fees
  45. 23. Renewal of registration:. Renewal of registration
  46. 24. Appeals:. Appeals
  47. 25. Rights of registered practitioners. Rights of registered practitioners
  48. 26. General provision application to medical practitioners:. General provision application to medical practitioners
  49. 27. Penalty for falsely claiming to be registered:. Penalty for falsely claiming to be registered
  50. 28. False assumption of Medical Practitioner of Practitioner under this Act to be an Offence:. False assumption of Medical Practitioner of Practitioner under this Act to be an Offence
  51. 29. Court competent to try offence, under this Act and take cognizance of offence:. Court competent to try offence, under this Act and take cognizance of offence
  52. 30. Control of Government:. Control of Government
  53. 31. Rules. Rules
  54. 32. Code of conduct and ethics:. Code of conduct and ethics
  55. 33. Power to remove Difficulties:. Power to remove Difficulties
  56. FORM - 7. APPLICATION OF RESTORATION OF NAME IN THE REGISTER
  57. APPLICATION FOR PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION. APPLICATION FOR PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION
  58. FORM - 9. FORM FOR CERTIFICATE OF PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION
  59. Appendix - B. FORMAT FOR PROVISIONAL REGISTER OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
  60. Form - 10. Nomination Paper
  61. FORM - 11. Letter of Intimation to the Voters
  62. FORM - 12. Voter's Declaration Paper
  63. Voting Paper. Voting Paper
  64. DECLARATION OF RESULT. DECLARATION OF RESULT OF MEMBER, PRESIDENT & VICE-PRESIDENT
  65. APPENDIX - C. Nagaland Medical Council Declaration : Pledge
  66. Pay Structure. Pay Structure of Manpower for State Medical Council

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