Register of Paramedical Professionals

(1) The Council shall keep a register and shall enter the names of paramedical professionals in the manner as determined by the regulations. (2) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, any person, who holds such paramedical education as may be notified by the State Government under section 20, shall be eligible to get his name entered in the register and obtain a practice certificate. (3) No person shall be entitled to practice under this Act unless his name has been entered in the register: Provided that the name of any person, who holds paramedical education as notified by the State Government under section 20, shall be deemed to be entered in the register from the date of such notification until the disposal of his application by the Council, if he has applied to the Council for entering his name in the register within six months of the commencement of such notification. (4) Such register shall be deemed to be a public document under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Act No. 1 of 1872).