Delhi Bhartiya Chikitsa Parishad Act, 1998
No: 4 Dated: Mar, 04 1999
Delhi Bhartiya Chikitsa Parishad Act, 1998
(Delhi Act No.4 of 1999)
All Act to provide for the constitution of a Bharatiya Chikitsa Parishad, and for tihe maintenance of a register of Bharatiya Chikitsa (Indian Medicine) for the National Capital Territory of Dehi and for matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the Forty ninth year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, exlent and commencement- (1) This Act may be called the Delhi Bharatiya Chikitsa Parishad Adhinium, 1998.
(2) It extends to the whole of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may by notification in official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) "appointed day" means the date on which the provisions of this Act other than section 1 shall come into force under sub-section (3) of section 1;
(b) "Bharatiya Chikitsa (Indian Medicine)" means Astang Ayurved Siddha and Unani TIbb supplemented or not with modem advances in modem scientific system of medicine in all its branches including surgery and obstetrics;
(c) "Central Council" means the Central Council of Indian Medicine constituted under section 3 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 {Central Act 48 of 1970};
(d) "Chairman" means the Chainnan of the Examining Body;
(e) "Delhi" means the National Capital Territory of Delhi;
(f) "Examining Body" means the Examining Body constituted under sub-section (1) of section 33;
(g) "Government" means the Lieutenant Governor as referred to in clause (1) of article 239 AA of the Constitution;
(h) "integrated medicine" means conjoint, concurrent study, trammg and practice in Ayurved/Siddha/Unani libb and Modern Scientific System of Medicine in all its branche!; including surgery and obstetrics;
(i) "Lieutenant Governor" means the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appointed by the President under artide 239 of the Constitution;
(j) "Parishad" means the Delhi Bhilriltiya Chlkitsa Parishad establi!;hed and constituted under section 3;
(k) "practitioner" means a medical practitioner who practises the Bharatiya Chikitsa Paddhati (Indian Systems of Medicine);
(l) "President" means the President of the Parishad;
(m) "qualifying examiniltion for paramedical training" means an examination conducted by the Examining Body for Pharlllilcists, technicians and nursing care personnel courses in respect of Bharatiya Chikitsa;
(n) "register" means the register of practitioners maintained under section 17;
(o) "regIstered practitioner" means a practitioner whose name is for the time being entered in the register;
(p) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under secllon 16;
(q) "regulation" means a regulation made by the Pilrishad under section 38, by notification in the official Gazette:
(r) "rule" means a rule made by the Government under section 37 by notification in the official Gazette;
(s) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Examining Body appointed under sub-section (9) of section 33;
(t) "section" means the section of this Act;
(u) "University" means any university in Indin estilblished by law or any deemed university recognised by the Central Government and having a faculty of lndian Medicine and includes a University in India established by law in which instructions, teaching, lrilining or research in Indian Medicine is provided;
(v) "Vice-President" means the Vice-President of the Parishad.