Preparation of Register

(1) As soon as the date of effect of the Act is fixed, a register shall be prepared and maintained by the Registrar for registering medical practitioners of Uttarakhand under the provisions of the Act. (2) The register shall be maintained by dividing it into one part or several parts in the manner prescribed by the rules and the following details shall be made available in the register: (a) Full name of the applicant, his full educational qualification, including the names of the school/university, the date of every educational qualification obtained by the applicant and other details as prescribed by the rules, shall be entered in the register. (3) Any person who possesses the qualifications of Schedule (1), (2) and (3) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (Central Act 102 of 1956) and fulfills all conditions of the Indian Medical Council Act, may apply at any time before the Registrar on a prescribed form and upon submitting the prescribed fee and evidence of the qualification to be registered, shall be able to get his name entered in the register. (4) (a) Every person whose name has been continuously entered in the register of the Indian Medical Council since 1st May 1961 and whose continuity existed until the day before the commencement of this Act, shall be entitled for registration in the register prepared under this Act. (b) Within three months of the date of commencement of this Act or within the time limit fixed by the Government, the Registrar shall publish in the official Gazette or in newspapers, as determined by the Council, for general information, that every person who is eligible for registration in compliance with clause (a) shall be asked to apply on a prescribed form along with the prescribed fee and procedure, if that person wants to be registered under this Act. He shall send information to every such person separately by registered post or any other method prescribed by the rules to their last known address. Every person who pays the fee etc. within two months of the date notified by the Gazette published for public information or before the expiry of the information, shall be entered by the Registrar in the register. (5) After the expiry of the time for depositing the prescribed fee in accordance with clause (b) of sub-section (4) of Section 4 and after the register is prepared under the above provisions, it shall be published in the official Gazette/newspapers as desired by the Council, and it shall be deemed to be effective from the date fixed by the official Gazette. (6) Any person who is engaged in medical service or medical practice through modern medical system within the limits of Uttarakhand State shall be registered under the Act. In the absence of registration by the Council, any person who possesses the qualifications prescribed in the modern medical system shall be liable to the action specified by the Council. (7) Every registered medical practitioner shall be given a certificate on a form prescribed by the rules. The registered medical practitioner shall display this certificate such that it is visible at an easily visible place of his profession, and if the practitioner operates his medical profession in more than one place, he shall display it at the place of one of his professions.