(1) This Act may be called the 2Telangana Medical Practitioners Registration Act, 1968.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of 2Telangana.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the 2Telangana Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires;-
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(b) „approved institution‟ means a hospital, asylum, infirmary, dispensary, lying-in-hospital, health centre or other such institution in which the methods of treatment approved by the Council are carried on;
1. The Andhra Pradesh Medical Practitioners Registration Act, 1968 received the assent of the President on the 12th November, 1968. The said Act in force in the combined State, as on 02.06.2014, has been adapted to the State of Telangana, under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) vide. the Notification issued in G.O.Ms.No.68, HM&FW (C1) Department, dated
03.08.2015.
2. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.68, HM&FW (C1) Department, dated
03.08.2015.
3. Omitted by G.O.Ms.No.68, HM&FW (C1) Department, dated
03.08.2015.
Short title, extent and commencement.
Definitions.
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(c) „Council‟ means the 4Telangana Medical Council established under section 3 5[(cc) „CME‟ means a continued medical education programme or recognized medical conference or seminar or workshop as may be approved or conducted by the Council in the State headquarters or regional headquarters or district headquarters or teaching hospitals or medical colleges or any institution run by the Telangana Vaidya Vidhana- Parishad;]
(d) „Government‟ means the State Government;
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(e) „Medical college‟ means a college approved by a University in the State imparting education for the full University course in modern scientific medicine in all its branches excluding veterinary medicine and veterinary surgery;
(f) „notification‟ means a notification published in the 4Telangana Gazette;
(g) „prescribed‟ means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
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4. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.68, HM&FW (C1) Department, dated
03.08.2015.
5. Inserted by Act No. 10 of 2013 (Clause (cc)).
6. Inserted by Act No. 10 of 2013 (Clause (dd)) and omitted by Act No. 6 of 2018.
7. Inserted by Act No. 10 of 2013 (Clause (gg)) and omitted by Act No.6 of 2018.
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(h) „register‟ means the register maintained under section 15;
(i) „registered practitioner‟ means a practitioner of the modern scientific medicine whose name is for the time being borne on the register;
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(j) „State‟ means the State of 9Telangana;
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CHAPTER II.
CONSTITUTION AND COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL.