(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Council shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the powers and functions of the Council shall be,-
(a) to maintain the State Register of paramedical practitioners;
(b) to hear and decide appeals from the decision of the Registrar in such manner, as may be prescribed by regulations;
(c) to prescribe by regulations a code ofethics for regulating the professional conduct of registered paramedical practitioners;
(d) to reprimand a registered paramedical practitioner, or to suspend or remove the name from the State Registrar, or to take such other disciplinary action against him, as may, in the opinion of the Council, be necessary or expedient;
(e) to permit any member to be absent from three consecutive meetings of the Council;
(f) to promote innovations, research and development in establishment of new paramedical subjects;
(g) to formulate schemes for promoting paramedical education;
(h) to promote an effective link between Paramedical Education, Medical Education and Ayurvedic System of Medicine and to promote research and development in these subjects;
(i) to lay down norms and standards for courses, curricula, physical and instructional facilities, staff pattern, staff qualifications, quality instructions, assessment, examinations and continuing medical education;
(j) to fix norms and guidelines for charging tuition and other fees;
(k) to advise the State Government in respect of grant of charter to any paramedical body or institution in the field of education;
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(l) to provide guidelines for admission of student of paramedical institution and Universities imparting paramedical education;
(m) to inspect or cause to be inspected any paramedical institution;
(n) to constitute or authorize a Board for conducting the examination and to maintain uniformity of standard;
(o) to register para-clinical establishments;
(p) to prescribe minimum standards for the establishment of paraclinical establishments;
(q) to perform such other functions, as may be prescribed; and
(r) to conduct the election of members under item (ii) of subsection (1) of section 4.