The Punjab State Faculty of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine Act, 1963
The Punjab State Faculty of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine Act, 1963
The Punjab State Faculty of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine Act, 1963, establishes a regulatory body to oversee education and training in traditional Indian medical systems. It creates a "Faculty" responsible for prescribing courses, conducting examinations, granting degrees, and recognizing teaching institutions for Ayurveda and Unani medicine. The Act ensures that medical education in these fields meets standardized quality benchmarks. For the ordinary citizen, this law acts as a safeguard, ensuring that practitioners holding degrees or diplomas from recognized institutions have undergone verified training, thereby protecting public health and maintaining the integrity of traditional medical qualifications.
- 1. Short title and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 2A. Construction of certain references in the Act
- 3. Establishment of the Faculty
- 3A. Provisions for Faculties in Punjab and Haryana
- 4. Power of State Government to remove members of Faculty from office in certain cases
- 5. Employees of the Faculty
- 6. Vacancies etc. not to invalidate proceedings of the Faculty
- 7. Term of office
- 8. Resignation
- 9. Vacancies
- 10. Time and place of meeting of Faculty
- 11. Procedure at meetings of Faculty
- 12. Powers and functions of the Faculty
- 13. Provided that the Committees or boards of studies referred to in clause (k), may have such persons as their members as are not members of the Faculty.
- 14. Recognition of institutions
- 15. Qualifying Examination
- 15A. Provided that the students of the recognised institutions only shall be competent to appear in the examination.
- 16. Conferring, granting or issuing degrees, diplomas or certificates by unauthorised institutions
- 17. Bye-Laws
- 18. Rules
- 19. Regulations
- 20. Control of State Government
- 21. Transitional Provisions
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