TheOffice of theCouncil shall be situated in the StateCapital, either at Naharlagun or at Itanagar.
2 The Arunachal Pradesh Extraordinary Gazette, February 12, 2007
PART-I POWERS/DUTIES/FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL
4. The powers, and duties of the Council shall include-
(a) to maintain the live register and to provide for the registration of medical practitioners;
(b) to hear and decide appeals against the professional conduct of practitioners;
(c) to prescribe a code of ethics for regulating the professional conduct of practitioners;
(d) to reprimand a practitioner, or to suspend or remove his name from the register, or to take such other disciplinary action against him as may, in the opinion of the Council be necessary or expedient;
(e) to exercise such other powers, perform such other duties and discharge such other functions, as are laid down in the Act, or as may be prescribed;
(f) to receive such complaints from public (including patients and their relatives) agains t misconduct or negligence by a medical practitioner, to proceed for inquest, take a decision on the merits of the case and to ini tiate disciplinary action or award compensation and similarly to take action against frivolous complaints;
(g) to provide protection to its members in discharging professional duties;
(h) to ensure that no unqualified person practices modern scientific system of medicine and take such actions against unqualified persons practicing modem system of medicine, as may, in the opinion of the Council be necessary and expedient.
PART-II COUNCIL MEETINGS