(1) As soon as may be, after the commencement of this Act, the Registrar shall prepare and maintain a register of medical practitioners for Himachal Pradesh in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) The register shall be in such form, and may be divided in to such parts, as may be prescribed. The register shall provide for the full name, address and qualifications with the name of College and University of the registered practitioner, the date on which each qualification was obtained and such other particulars, as may be prescribed.
(3) Any person, who possesses any of the qualifications specified in Schedules I, II, and III to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), shall subject to any condition laid down by or under the said Act, at any time on an application made in the prescribed form to the Registrar and on payment of a prescribed fee and on presentation of proof of his qualification, be entitled to have his name entered in the register.
(4) Every person whose name was entered on a date prior to 1st May, 1961, in Indian Medical Council register and continued in such register on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall be entitled to have his name continued in the register prepared under this Act.
(5) Within a period of three months from the commencement of this Act or such further period as the Government may allow, the Registrar shall publish a general notice in the Official Gazette and in such news papers, as the Council may select, in such form, as may be prescribed, calling upon every person to whom sub-section (4) applies, to pay to the Registrar, in the prescribed manner, the prescribed fee if he desires to have his name entered in the register maintained under this Act, and shall also send individual notice for like purpose by registered post to every such person at his last known address in such form, as may be prescribed. The name of every such person who pays such fee before the expiry of the period of two months from the date of publication of the general notice in the Official Gazette shall be entered in the register.
(6) After the last date for payment of the prescribed fee under sub-section (5) has expired and the register prepared in accordance with foregoing provisions is ready, the Registrar, shall publish a notice in the Official Gazette and in such news papers as the Council may select, about the register having been prepared, and the register shall come in to force from the date of publication of such notice in the Official Gazette.
(7) No person though qualified in modern scientific system of medicine, shall practice in the State of Himachal Pradesh without having a certificate of registration. Any person serving or practising modern scientific system of medicine in Himachal Pradesh shall be registered with the Council under this Act.
(8) Every registered practitioner shall be given a certificate of registration in the prescribed form. The registered practitioner shall display the certificate of registration in a conspicuous part in the place of practice and THE HIMACHAL PRADESH MEDICAL COUNCIL ACT, 2003 11 if he has more than one such place, in any one of them, such registration shall be valid for a period of three years.
(9) Any person who contravenes provisions of sub-section (7) shall on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.