Powers and functions of the Council

Subject to the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder the Council shall have the following powers and functions, namely :-

1. (i) to advise the Government in matters relating to Ayurvedic System of Medicine including research and post-graduate education ;
2. (ii) to accord, suspend or withdraw recognition or affiliation of Ayurvedic Educational Institutions on the recommendations of the Faculty ;
3. (iii) to prescribe fees for admission to examinations conducted by the Faculty ;
4. (iv) to allot funds to the Faculty for carrying out its duties ;
5. (v) to provide for the registration of practitioners and entry of their names in the register under this Act and to provide for the preparation of the list of practitioners under section 42 ;
6. (vi) to reprimand a registered practitioner or a practitioner whose name is entered in the list or suspend or remove him from the register, or list and to take such other disciplinary action against him as may in the opinion of the Council be necessary or expedient : Provided that the Council shall, before taking action under this clause, give the practitioner concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard ;
7. (vii) to hear and decide appeals from the decision of the Registrar ;
8. (viii) to endow chairs of Ayurvedic System of Medicine and surgery in the institutions affiliated to the Faculty ;
9. (ix) to appoint Inspectors for the inspection of Ayurvedic institutions, dispensaries, hospitals, druggists' shops or firms in the State and to require institutions giving instructions in the Ayurvedic System of Medicine to furnish such information as may be necessary ;
10. (x) to register and issue licences to reliable firms, for sale of genuine Ayurvedic drugs : Provided that no such licence shall be issued without the approval of the Government ;
11. (xi) to perform such other functions for the development of Ayurvedic System of Medicine as may be consistent with the provisions of this Act ; and
12. (xii) to exercise such other powers as may be specified by or under this Act.