Qualifications for eligibility for registration

(See section 26) 1. Qualifications for eligibility for registration :- (i) Degrees or diplomas in Ayurvedic System of Medicine, supplemented by modern medicine, of any University established by law in India, and recognised by the Governments of the States in which the Universities are located ; (ii) Degrees or diplomas in Ayurvedic System of Medicine, supplemented by modern medicine of the Orissa State Council of Ayurvedic Medicine, constituted under this Act or its predecessor, the Orissa Ayurvedic Examination Board ; (iii) Degrees or diplomas in Ayurvedic System of Medicine supplemented by modern medicine, of any Government Ayurvedic College or School in India outside the State, whose course of training for granting the said degrees or diplomas is not less than four years ; or of any examining body duly appointed by the State or Central Government and the teaching Ayurvedic Institutions affiliated to these bodies which provide regular training for not less than four years. Provided that such institutions or bodies are recognised by the Government on the recommendation of the Faculty ; (iv) Ayurvedacharya or Ayurvedashastri of the Orissa Association of Sanskrit Learning and Culture ; (v) Degrees, diplomas, or titles in Ayurvedic System of Medicine granted by Government Ayurvedic teaching Institutions or Government recognised Ayurvedic teaching Institutions, or recognised Ayurvedic Institutions affiliated to Government appointed Boards or Bodies outside the State where the course of training extends for not less than three years, and are recognised by the Government on the recommendation of the Faculty. 2. Persons eligible to be registered :- (a) Practitioners of Ayurvedic system of Medicine who do not hold any of the qualifications noted above, but are of resident reputation and eminence and well known for their skill and proficiency and have been practising the Ayurvedic System of Medicine as whole-time practitioners for a period of not less than ten years and are granted special recognition by the Government on applications being duly recommended by the Faculty for the purpose. The registration of such practitioners shall cease at the expiry of ten years from the date this Act comes into force. (b) Practitioners of Ayurvedic system of Medicine who do not possess any of the qualifications noted above and are not accorded the recognition as aforesaid but who can prove, to the satisfaction of the Council, that they are well-known, eminent regular whole-time practitioners of Ayurvedic System of Medicine of not less than ten years standing. The registration of such practitioners shall cease at the expiry of ten years from the date this Act comes into force.