(1) The Secretary shall prepare the budget of the Authority and place the same in a meeting of the Authority before the commencement of a financial year and the Authority after due discussion, addition or alteration, as it may think necessary, shall pass the budget and the Secretary shall forward a copy thereof to the State Government.
(2) The State Government, after due consideration, shall release assistance or grants in favour of the Authority for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(3) The Authority shall be competent to re-appropriate such amounts as may be necessary from one head to another and within such heads.
State Register Rural Health Practitioners.
CHAPTER VII Registration and State Register of Rural Health Practitioners of 17. (1) The Authority shall cause to be maintained in the prescribed manner and form a register of Diploma Holders in Rural Health Care to be known as the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep and maintain the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.
(3) The State Register of Rural Health Practitioners shall be deemed to be a public document within the meaning of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
(4) Every person on successful completion of the course shall be eligible for enrolment in the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners on furnishing to the Secretary the proof of such qualification and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed.
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8 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 [PART III The West Bengal Rural Health Regulatory Authority Act, 2009.
(Chapter VII.—Registration and State Register of Rural Health Practitioners.—Sections 18-21.)
Power of the Authority to prohibit entry in, or to order removal from State Register, name of any person.
Alteration of the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners.
Appeal against order of the Authority.
Prohibition of Practice except as provided in this Act.
(5) Every person whose name has been enrolled in the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners shall be entitled to have a certificate issued by the Authority under the hand and seal of the Chairman and the Secretary and bearing a Registration Number and shall be eligible to practice Rural Health Care in rural areas of the State of West Bengal:
Provided that no Rural Health Practitioner shall use the word "Doctor" or "Dr."
before and after his name. However he may identify himself as Rural Health Practitioner or RHP.
18. The Authority may, upon a reference from the Secretary or otherwise, by order prohibit the entry in, or order the removal from, the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners, the name of any person—
(a) who has been sentenced by a criminal court for imprisonment for an offence indicating, in the opinion of the Authority, such a defect in character as would render the enrolment or continuance of his name in the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners undesirable;
(b) whom the Authority after reasonable inquiry has found guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect by a majority of two-thirds of the members present and voting at the meeting:
Provided that no order shall be passed under this section without giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the person concerned.