Section 2: Definitions

- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires-

(a) Council means the State Medical Council of Meghalaya constituted under this Act;

(b) Government means the Government of the State of Meghalaya;

(c) Institution includes a hospital, dispensary or health centre where people report either as indoor or outdoor patients for investigation or for treatment;

(d) Medical Council of India means the Medical Council of India established and constituted under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956;

(e) medicine means any modern scientific medicine and includes surgery and obstetrics, but does not include veterinary medicine or dentistry or veterinary surgery or Homeopathic, Ayurvedic or Unary system of medicines and the expression medical shall be construed accordingly;

(f) Prescribed means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act;

(g) President and Vice-president means respectively the President and Vice-President of the Council;

(h) recognised medical qualification means any of the medical qualifications included in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, as amended from time to time;

(i) Registrar means the Registrar of the Council;

(j) Register means the State Medical Register maintained by the Council under this Act;

(k) registered practitioner means any person whose name is entered in the Register under this Act;

(l) section means a section of this Act;