Act

Ayurveda Medical Council Act, 1988

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Type
Act
Year
२०४५ BS · 1988 AD
Status
In force
Category
खण्ड १५: स्वास्थ्य · Volume 15: Health
Official text
Official page Official text (PDF)
English translation
Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Includes amendments up to: 2055 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.

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What does it do?

  • The Act creates the Ayurveda Medical Council, an autonomous body with perpetual succession, to develop the Ayurvedic system of medicine and the production and use of Ayurvedic medicines. The Council has a chair and three members nominated by the Government from among practitioners, the Director of the Department of Ayurveda, three members elected by registered practitioners and one Ayurveda campus teacher; members serve four years. A Registrar appointed by the Government acts as its secretary.यो ऐनले आयुर्वेद चिकित्सा प्रणाली र आयुर्वेदिक औषधिको उत्पादन तथा प्रयोगलाई विकास गर्न अविच्छिन्न उत्तराधिकारवाला स्वशासित संस्थाका रूपमा आयुर्वेद चिकित्सा परिषद् स्थापना गर्छ। परिषद्मा नेपाल सरकारले चिकित्सकमध्येबाट मनोनीत गर्ने अध्यक्ष र तीनजना सदस्य, आयुर्वेद विभागका निर्देशक, दर्तावाला चिकित्सकले आफूमध्येबाट निर्वाचित गर्ने तीनजना र आयुर्वेद क्याम्पसका प्राध्यापकमध्ये एकजना रहन्छन्; सदस्यको पदावधि चार वर्षको हुन्छ। नेपाल सरकारले नियुक्त गर्ने रजिस्ट्रारले परिषद्को सचिवको काम गर्छन्। Nepal Law Commission Sections 2.1–2.3, 3.1, pp. 3–4, 7
  • Only practitioners whose names are in the Council's register may practise Ayurvedic medicine. To register, a person needs a recognised Ayurveda qualification (or another medical degree with recognised Ayurveda training); an inquiry committee checks applications, the Council issues a registration certificate, and it can strike off or cancel registrations obtained by fraud or error or for misconduct. Registered practitioners may certify birth and death and issue Ayurveda-related medical certificates.परिषद्को दर्ता किताबमा नाम दर्ता भएका चिकित्सकले मात्र आयुर्वेद चिकित्सा व्यवसाय गर्न पाउँछन्। दर्ताका लागि मान्यताप्राप्त संस्थाबाट आयुर्वेदको योग्यता (वा अर्को चिकित्सा प्रणालीको स्नातकपछि मान्यताप्राप्त आयुर्वेद तालिम) चाहिन्छ; जाँचबुझ समितिले निवेदन जाँच्छ, परिषद्ले दर्ता प्रमाणपत्र दिन्छ र धोखा वा गल्तीले भएको दर्ता वा अनुचित आचरण भएमा नाम हटाउन वा प्रमाणपत्र रद्द गर्न सक्छ। दर्तावाला चिकित्सकले जन्म–मृत्युको प्रमाणपत्रमा सही गर्न र आयुर्वेद चिकित्सासम्बन्धी प्रमाणपत्र दिन सक्छन्। Nepal Law Commission Sections 4.1–4.8, 5.1–5.2, pp. 8–12
  • Ayurvedic medicines named by the Government in the Gazette may be produced only with approval from the Department of Ayurveda, and the Government may specify medicines that cannot be sold without a prescription. The Council recognises educational qualifications in Ayurveda, may ask institutions for details and inspect their examinations, and may recommend withdrawing recognition.नेपाल सरकारले राजपत्रमा तोकेका आयुर्वेदिक औषधि आयुर्वेद विभागको स्वीकृतिबिना उत्पादन गर्न पाइँदैन, र सरकारले तोकेका औषधि प्रेस्क्रिप्सनबिना बेच्न पाइँदैन। परिषद्ले आयुर्वेदसम्बन्धी शैक्षिक योग्यताको प्रमाणपत्रलाई मान्यता दिन्छ, शिक्षण संस्थासँग विवरण माग्न र परीक्षाको निरीक्षण गर्न सक्छ, र मान्यता हटाउन सिफारिस गर्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 6.1–6.2, 8.1–8.1C, pp. 12–14
  • Practising without registration, misusing certification powers, producing Ayurvedic medicines without approval and selling prescription-only medicines without a prescription are offences with fines and/or imprisonment. The Council has its own fund, keeps accounts that are audited as prescribed, and the Government may dissolve it if it fails to perform its duties.दर्ता नगरी आयुर्वेद चिकित्सा व्यवसाय गर्नु, प्रमाणपत्र दिने अधिकारको दुरुपयोग गर्नु, स्वीकृतिबिना आयुर्वेदिक औषधि उत्पादन गर्नु र प्रेस्क्रिप्सन चाहिने औषधि त्यसबिना बेच्नु कसूर हुन्, जसमा जरिवाना वा कैद वा दुवै सजाय हुन्छ। परिषद्को आफ्नै कोष हुन्छ र त्यसको लेखा तथा लेखापरीक्षण तोकिएबमोजिम हुन्छ; परिषद्ले ऐनबमोजिम काम नगरेमा नेपाल सरकारले विघटन गर्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 7.1–7.2, 9.2–9.3, pp. 13–16

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