(1) Subject to the provisions of the Act and as may be prescribed, the Council shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of the 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 para-medical 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 of ethics for regulating the professional conduct of registered para-medical practitioners ;
(d) to reprimand a registered para-medical practitioner ; or to suspend or remove the name from the State Register 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 para-medical subjects ;
(g) to formulate schemes for promoting para- medical education ;
(h) to promote an effective link between para-medical 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 qualification, quality instructions, assignment, examination and continuing medical education ;
(j) to fix norms and guidelines for charging tuition and other fees ;
(k) to advise the Government in respect of grant of charter to any paramedical body or institutions in the field of education ;
(l) to provide guidelines for admission of students of para-medical institutions and Universities imparting para-medical education ;
(m) to inspect or cause to be inspected any para- medical institution ;
(n) to constitute or authorise a Board for conducting the examination and to maintain uniformity of standards ;
(o) to register para-clinical establishments ;
(p) to prescribe minimum standards for the establishment of para-clinical establishments ;
(q) to perform such other functions, as may be prescribed; and/or to conduct the election of non-official members of the Council.