Primary law, Tamil Nadu land law
The Tamil Nadu Registration of Practitioners of Integrated Medicine Act, 1956
The Tamil Nadu Registration of Practitioners of Integrated Medicine Act, 1956, Tamil Nadu Act Number XXVII of 1956, is primary legislation of the State of Tamil Nadu that establishes a board and registration system for practitioners of integrated medicine across Tamil Nadu. The Act received the President's assent on 20 November 1956 and was first published in the Fort St. George Gazette on 28 November 1956, and the supplied text incorporates later amendments, adaptation orders and a territorial extension.
What the Act governs
The Tamil Nadu Registration of Practitioners of Integrated Medicine Act, 1956 governs the registration and professional recognition of practitioners who combine indigenous medicine with modern medicine. Indigenous or Indian medicine covers Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani, while modern medicine includes surgery and obstetrics.
The law extends throughout Tamil Nadu. It was also extended to Kanyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district by the Tamil Nadu (Transferred Territory) Extension of Laws Act, 1960, which repealed the corresponding law then operating in that territory.
Board and register
The Tamil Nadu Registration of Practitioners of Integrated Medicine Act, 1956 requires the State Government to constitute the Board of Integrated Medicine, Tamil Nadu. The Board is a corporate body with perpetual succession and a common seal.
Key administrative provisions include:
- The Board includes elected practitioner and college staff representatives, along with six members nominated by the State Government.
- The State Government must, as far as possible, provide proper representation to different systems of integrated medicine when making specified nominations.
- The Board appoints a Registrar, who acts as its secretary and ordinarily as treasurer.
- The Registrar must maintain, revise and publish the register of practitioners in the prescribed manner.
- The register is treated as a public document under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
- Entries proved to have been made fraudulently or incorrectly may be cancelled or amended after notice and an inquiry into the person's objections.
- A practitioner's name may be removed permanently or for a specified period on the grounds referred to in the Act.
Rights of registered practitioners
The Tamil Nadu Registration of Practitioners of Integrated Medicine Act, 1956 gives registered practitioners specified professional recognition:
- Certificates that the law requires from a medical practitioner are valid when signed by a registered practitioner.
- Legal references to a legally or duly qualified medical practitioner include a registered practitioner within the stated application of Tamil Nadu and Central laws.
- Without State Government sanction, only registered practitioners may hold specified medical posts in government or local authority maintained or aided institutions of indigenous or integrated medicine.
- Registered practitioners may hold specified posts in modern medicine institutions or serve as Medical Officers of Health, subject to prescribed conditions.
Relevance to property matters
The Tamil Nadu Registration of Practitioners of Integrated Medicine Act, 1956 does not regulate land ownership, property registration, planning permission or land use. A property buyer or owner is therefore not directly affected merely because of a land transaction, although the law may matter to practitioners or organisations operating the medical institutions described in it.
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Common questions
Does this Act affect the purchase or registration of land in Tamil Nadu?
No land purchase, property registration, planning or land use provisions appear in the supplied text. The Act concerns practitioners of integrated medicine, their registration and specified medical appointments.
What systems are included within indigenous or Indian medicine?
The Act identifies Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani as the three systems of indigenous or Indian medicine.
Can the public inspect the register of practitioners?
The Registrar must publish the register in the prescribed manner, and the register is treated as a public document under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
Can the Board correct or cancel an entry in the register?
Yes. The Board may cancel or amend an entry proved to have been fraudulently or incorrectly made, after giving notice and considering the objections of the person concerned.
