(1) Any person who has a recognised qualification in Indian System of Medicine under this Act and qualifies the National Exit Test held under section 15 shall be granted a licence to practice Indian System of Medicine and shall have his name and qualifications enrolled first in the State Register and subsequently in the National Register maintained under this Act:
Provided that a person who has been registered in the Central Register of Indian System of Medicine maintained under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 (48 of 1970) prior to the coming into force of this Act and before the National Exit Test becomes operational under sub-section (3) of section 15, shall be deemed to have been registered under this Act and be enrolled in the National Register maintained under this Act.
(2) No person who has obtained a qualification in Indian System of Medicine from a medical institution established in any country outside India and is recognised as a medical practitioner of Indian System of Medicine in that country, shall, after the commencement of this Act and the National Exit Test for Indian System of Medicine becomes operational under sub-section (3) of section 15, be enrolled in the National Register for Indian System of Medicine, unless he qualifies the National Exit Test for Indian System of Medicine.
(3) When a person whose name is entered in the State Register or the National Register, as the case may be, obtains any title, diploma or qualification for proficiency in sciences or medicine which is a recognised qualification under section 35 or section 36, as the case may be, he shall be entitled to have such title, diploma or qualification entered against his name in the State Register or the National Register, in such manner as may be specified by regulations.