Bare Act
The Tamil Nadu Medical Registration Act, 1914
The Tamil Nadu Medical Registration Act establishes a Medical Council to regulate medical practice throughout the state. It applies to registered practitioners, medical college staff, and institutions including hospitals, asylums, and dispensaries. The Act matters because it ensures standardized healthcare by controlling who can legally practice medicine, determining qualifications for council members, and establishing treatment methods that must be approved by the governing body. By creating a regulatory structure, it protects public health through qualified practitioners, manages appointments in healthcare facilities, and provides privileges only to registered medical professionals, maintaining professional standards across Tamil Nadu's medical establishments.
- 1. Short title and extent
- 2. Commencement of Act
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Privileges of registered practitioner
- 5. Constitution of Medical Council
- 6. Qualifications of members
- 7. Term of office of elected and nominated members
- 8. Vacancies
- 9. Filling up of vacancies
- 9-A. Executive Committee
- 10. Appointment of registrar and other officers
- 11. Duties of registrar
- 12. Meetings of Council
- 13. Persons who may be registered
- 14. Registration fee
- 14-A. Special provisions amending the medical register
- 15. Appeal against the decision of registrar
- 16. Alteration of register by Council
- 17. Procedure in inquiries
- 18. Appeal against the decision of Council
- 19. Jurisdiction of civil courts
- 20. Power of State Government to alter Schedule
- 21. Power of Council to call for information regarding efficiency of teaching and examinations
- 22. Control by State Government
- 23. Penalty for falsely pretending to be a registered practitioner
- 24. Power to make rules and by-laws
- Unnumbered Schedule/Provision. Section Unnumbered Schedule/Provision
Some statutory text is still being prepared for this language version.
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