Tamil Nadu Homeopathy System of Medicine and Practitioners of Homeopathy Act, 1971
No: 5 Dated: Mar, 08 1972
THE TAMILNADU HOMOEOPATHY SYSTEM OF MEDICINE AND PRACTITIONERS OF HOMOEOPATHY ACT, 1971
ACT No. 5 of 1972
An Act to provide for the development of the homoeopathy system of medicine and registration of practitioners of homeopathy and for matters connected therewith in the State of Tamil Nadu.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Twenty second year of the Republic of India as follows:
CHAPTERI
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Homeopathy System of Medicine and Practitioners of Homeopathy Act, 1971.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may by appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. Definitions: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(1) "Approved Institution" means hospital, health centre or other such institution recognized by a university as an institution in which a person may undergo the training, if any, required by his course of study before the award of any medical qualification to him.
(2) “Commencement of this Act" in relation to any provision of this Act means the date of the coming into force of that provision;
(3) "Council" means the Council of Homoeopathy established under section 3
(4) "Government" means the State Government.
(5) Homoeopathy" means the system of medicine found by Dr. Hahnemann and includes Schussler's System of Bio-chemic remedies and the expression "Homoeopathic" shall be construed accordingly.
(6) "Hospital", "Asylum", "Infirmary", "Dispensary", "Lying in Hospital", "Sanatorium" means an institution where the methods of treatment carried on, those approved by the council.
(7) "Member" means a member of the council.
(8) "Modern Medicine" means modern scientific medicine commonly known as allopathic medicine in all its branches and includes surgery and obsterics, but does not include veterinary medicine and surgery;
(9) "Practitioner" means any person engaged in the practice of homeopathy.
(10) "President" means the president of the council.
(11) "Register" means a register maintained under section 16
(12) "Registered Practitioner" means a practitioner whose name is for the time being entered in a register.
(13) "Registrar" means the registrar of the council appointed under section 14
(14) "Regulation" means a regulation made by the council under this Act.
(15) "Rule" means a rule made by the Government under this Act.
(16) "University" means any University in India established by by-law and having a faculty of homeopathy.
CHAPTER II
3. Establishment of Council:- (1) The Government shall, by notification, establish for the State of Tamil Nadu, a council to be called the Council of Homoeopathy.
(2) The council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, held and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract and shall, by its name, sue and be sued.
4. Constitution of the Council:- The council shall consist of the following fifteen members namely:
(a) (i) Six members elected from among themselves by registered practitioners who possess any of the qualifications specified in the Schedule; and
(ii) Three members elected from among themselves by practitioners registered under clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of section 15
(b) Six members nominated by the Government of whom
(i) Three shall be registered practitioners
(ii) One shall be either the Secretary to the Government in the Department dealing with Health and Family Planning or one of the Deputy Secretaries to the Government in that Department:-
(iii) One shall be Homoeopathy the Director of Indian Medicine and
(iv) One shall be the head of a Government teaching institution in Homeopathy.
5. President:- (1) There shall be a president for the council.
(2) The president shall be nominated by the Government from among the members who are registered practitioners.
6. First council to be nominated by the Government:- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, the first council shall be nominated by the Government and shall hold office for a period of five years from its constitution