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(1)/2018Dated 19th October 2018FRAMED UNDER SECTION 46 OF THE UNANI, AYURVEDIC ANDHOMOEOPATHIC PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1965 (II OF 1965).2S.R.O. 412 (I)/80.- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 of the Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 196 (II of 1965), the Federal Government, after consulting the National Council for Tib and National Council for Homoeopathy, pleased to make the following rules, namely:-1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Unani, Ayurvedic and of Homoeopathic System of Medicine Rules, 1980.(2) They shall come into force once.2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context.-(a) “Act” means the Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 1965 (II of 1965);(b) Omitted.(c) “candidate” means a registered or listed practitioner or, as the case may be, a registered teacher of an approved or recognized institution, in respect of whom nomination has been submitted under sub rue (1) of rule 21;(d) Omitted.(e) “election” means election of the Council, and includes election to fill a casual vacancy in the membership of the Council;(f) “form” means a form appended to these rules;(g) “Ordinance” means the Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Practitioners (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (XXXII of 1978);(h) “Polling Officer” means an Officer of the Government appointed as such by the Returning Office;(i) “register” means a register of practitioners of the Unani, or Ayurvedic or Homoeopathic system of medicine, or, the case may be, the register of teachers of the approved or recognized institutions;(j) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Council;(k) “Returning Officer” means a person appointed by the Federal Government who shall conduct the elections of the Council;(l) “section” means a section of the Act; and(m) “voter” means a person whose name appears on the list of voters published under sub-rule (5) of rule 20.33. Forms of registers and list of practitioners.- The registers and the list of practitioners required to be kept and maintained by the Registrars of the Council shall be in the following forms, namely:-(a) Register of qualified practitioners of the Unani system of medicine, register of qualified practitioners of the Ayurvedic system of medicine and register of the qualified practitioners of the Homoeopathic system of medicine, in form I.(aa) Similarly a separate register for qualified practitioners having degree from any recognized university and recognized by the Council, and for those registered under sub-section (2) of section 24 of the Act;(b) Register of the practitioners of the Unani system of medicine, other than qualified practitioners of that system, registered as Tabibs in category B under section 25, register of practitioners of the Ayurvedic system of medicine, other than qualified practitioners, of the that system, registered as Vaids in category B of that section, and the list of Homeopaths, other than qualified practitioners of the Homoeopathic system of medicine, prepared by the Registrar of the National Council for Homoeopathy under section 27, as those sections were in force immediately before the commencement of the Ordinance XXII of 1978 in form II.4. Application for registration of practitioners.- (1) An application for registration of practitioners under section 24 shall be made:-(a) in the case of the Unani and Ayurvedic systems of medicine, to the Registrar of the National Council for Tib, in form III; and(b) in the case of the Homoeopathic System of medicine, to the Registrar of the National Council for Homoeopathy, in form IV.(1-A) Persons who obtain degree or diploms in the Unani, Ayurvedic or Homoeopathic System of medicines as a regular students from a recognized institution in the country or from abroad, duly verified by the Embassy of Pakistan in that country may apply for registration to the Registrar of the respective Council on prescribed form.(2) Each applicant duly qualified shall submit an application accompanied by a bank draft or online payment of one thousand rupees drawn in favour of the Council as registration fee.(a) applicant duly qualified bachelor of eastern medicine system or bachelor of homoeopathic medicine system from any university recognized by the Council shall submit an application accompanied by a bank draft or online4payment of two thousand rupees drawn in favour of the Council as registration fee; and(b) applicant duly registered with Pakistan Medical and Dental Council shall submit an application accompanied by a Bank draft or online payment of ten thousand rupees in favour of the Council as examination fee.(3) The form of application shall be obtained from the office of the Council or, downloaded from the website of the Council;(4) Subject to the provision of the Act, the registration of a practitioner under these rules shall be valid for a period of four years from the date of issuance of registration and shall thereafter be renewable for every period of four years on application of the practitioner accompanied by a bank draft or online payment drawn in favour of the Council or as may be notified by the Ministry concerned as renewal of registration fee in Form IV-A or Form IV-B as under:-(a) for Fazil-Tibb-wal-Jarhat (FTJ) / Diploma in Homoeopathic System of Medicine (DHMS) one thousand rupees;(b) for Bachelor of Eastern Medicines System (BEMS) and Bachelor of Homoeopathic System of Medicine (BHMS) two thousand rupees;(c) for registration card ordinary two hundred rupees, card Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) five hundred rupees; and(d) those practitioners who have attained the age of sixty years and having ten years practicing experience shall be eligible to renew their registration for life time at following rates, namely:-(i) for Fazil-Tibb-wal-Jarhat (FTJ) / Diploma in Homoeopathic System of Medicine (DHMS) five thousand rupees; and(ii) for bachelor