Powers and functions of the Council

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Council may exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the Council shall have the following powers and functions- (a) to maintain a register of Ayurved nursing practitioners; (b) to hear and decide appeals against the decisions of the Registrar in such manner as may be prescribed by the regulations; (c) to prescribe a code of conduct for the registered Ayurved nursing practitioners by regulations to regulate their professional conduct; (d) to penalize any registered Ayurved nursing practitioner, suspend or remove his name from the register of Ayurved nursing practitioners, or take any such other disciplinary action as the Council may deem necessary or expedient; (e) to permit any member for being absent from three consecutive meetings of the Council; (f) to promote innovation, research and development in establishment of new Ayurved nursing subjects; (g) to recommend to the State Government for including new Ayurved nursing subjects in the Schedule; (h) to make schemes for promoting Ayurved nursing education; (i) to promote an effective link between Ayurved nursing education and Ayurved/Homeopathy/Unani medical education and to promote research and development in Ayurved nursing subjects; (j) to prescribe norms and standards for courses, curricula, physical and instructional facilities, staff-pattern, staff qualifications, quality of instruction, assessment and examinations in Ayurved nursing education; (k) to set norms and guidelines for institutional charges and other fees; (l) to grant recognition to institutions conducting courses in Ayurved nursing subjects; (m) to provide guidelines for the admission of students in Ayurved nursing institutions giving Ayurved nursing education; (n) to inspect or cause to be inspected any Ayurved nursing institution; (o) to constitute a Board for conducting examinations in Ayurved nursing subjects to maintain uniformity of standard; and (p) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the rules.