39. Recognition of allied and healthcare institutions and reciprocity.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any corresponding qualification granted by the institutions outside India shall be the recognised allied and healthcare qualifications as may be specified by regulations.
(2) A citizen of India who holds the corresponding qualifications under sub-section (1) shall be entitled for registration under this Act in such manner as may be specified by regulations.
(3) The Central Government may, after consultation with the Commission, by notification, direct that the corresponding qualifications under sub-section (1) in respect of which a scheme of reciprocity is not in force shall be recognised for the purposes of this Act or shall be so only when granted after a specified date:
Provided that the foreign nationals possessing such qualification—
(a) shall be permitted only if such persons are enrolled as allied and healthcare professionals in accordance with the law regulating the registration of allied and healthcare professionals for the time being in force in that country; and
(b) shall be limited to the period specified in this behalf by the Central Government by general or special order.
(4) In respect of any such qualifications the corresponding qualifications under sub-section (1), the Central Government may, after consultation with the Commission, by notification, direct that it shall be recognised allied and healthcare qualification only when granted before a specified date.
(5) The Commission may enter into negotiations with an authority in any country outside India, which by the law of such country is entrusted with the recognition of corresponding qualifications, for the setting up of a scheme of reciprocity for the recognition of allied and healthcare qualification, and in pursuance of any such scheme, the corresponding qualification which the Commission has decided to grant should be recognised by notification by the Central Government.