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The Tamil Nadu Siddha System of Medicine (Development and Registration of Practitioners) Act, 1997

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Chapter IV REGISTRATION OF PRACTITIONERS

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(1) The Council may, if it is satisfied that any entry in the register has been made fraudulently or incorrectly, after such notice to the person concerned and after hearing his objections, if any, order that such entry in the register be cancelled or amended, as the case may be. (2)
- (a) The Council may, after giving the registered practitioner an opportunity of making his representation, direct the removal, altogether or for a specified period, from the register, of the name of the registered practitioner if—
  - (i) he has been convicted of any offence which implies in the opinion of the Council a defect of character; or
  - (ii) he has been held by the Council to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect; or
- (b) The Council may, subject to the rules, direct that any name so removed shall be restored on application from the person concerned. (3)
- (a) The Council may, subject to the rules, direct the deletion from the register of the name of any registered practitioner if—
  - (i) the registered practitioner is dead: Provided that the information regarding the death is furnished by such officer, in such form, and in such manner, as may be prescribed:
  - (ii) the registered practitioner has made an application for the deletion of his name from the register.
- (b) Any practitioner whose name has been deleted from the register under clause (a)
  - (ii) may apply for fresh registration under sub-section
(1) of section 18.
(4) Whenever the name of any registered practitioner is directed to be removed or deleted from the register by the Council, it may publish or cause to be published the fact of such removal or deletion in such manner as it deems fit.

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