Functions of the Council

(1) It shall be the duty of the Council to take such steps as it considers proper for ensuring integrated and unified development of paramedical education and maintenance of standards. (2) Specifically and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the functions of the Council shall include the following: (a) Entry, removal or re-entry of names in the register; (b) Maintaining a register of persons to practice in the paramedical discipline; (c) Determination of standards of paramedical education, training, research and professional conduct or morals of the paramedical professional, as the case may be; (d) Receiving gifts, grants, donations, endowments from the Central Government or State Government, receiving wills and donations and transfer of movable or immovable property from the testators, donors or transferors, as the case may be; (e) Exercise of disciplinary powers granted by this Act; (f) To do all such things as may be necessary or incidental or auxiliary to achieve all or any of the objects of the Council.