Bare Act
The Tamil Nadu Registration of Practitioners of Integrated Medicine Act, 1956
This legislation establishes a framework for registering and regulating practitioners of integrated medicine in Tamil Nadu, combining modern scientific medicine with indigenous systems like Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani. It creates the Board of Integrated Medicine to maintain an official register, verify educational qualifications, and enforce professional ethics. Registered practitioners gain official recognition, allowing them to issue valid legal medical certificates and serve as medical officers in state-funded hospitals and healthcare institutions. By establishing standardized credentials and penalizing false claims of registration, the Act protects public health, safeguards patients from unqualified individuals, and legitimizes the practice of integrated healthcare across the state.
- 1. Short title and extent
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Constitution of Board
- 4. Privileges of Registered Medical Practitioners
- 5. Validation of acts of Board
- 6. Registrar and other officers
- 7. Register
- 8. Registration
- 9. Entry of additional degrees
- 10. Removal from register
- 10-A. Provision for amending the register
- 11. Diplomas of Indigenous medicine to be deemed equivalent to Diploma of Integrated Medicine
- 12. Jurisdiction of civil Courts
- 13. Control by Government
- 14. Penalty for falsely pretending to be a registered practitioner
- 15. Power to make rules or by-laws
PDF: pending for this language.