The Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970

In a lane behind Dadar station there is a clinic with a board that reads 'Vaidya' and another nearby that reads 'Hakim'. Both practitioners treat patients with systems of medicine older than the hospital down the road. Who decided that they are qualified, whether their degrees count, and whether they can be struck off? The Indian Medicine Central Council Act 1970 was Parliament's answer for Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani, and it is the syllabus's second regulator after the medical council.

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The Indian Medicine Central Council Act 1970 created the Central Council of Indian Medicine to regulate education in, recognise qualifications in, and maintain a central register of practitioners of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani; it has since been replaced by a National Commission under a 2020 Act.

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