(Act No. 48 of 1970)(15) Recognition of medical qualifications granted by certain medical institutions whose qualifications are not included in Second Schedule -
The medical qualifications included in the Third Schedule granted to a citizen of India before the 15th day of August, 1947, by any medical institution in any area which was comprised before that date within India as defined in the Govt. of India Act, 1935, shall also be recognized medical qualification for the purposes of this Act.
(16) Recognition of medical qualifications granted by medical institutions in counties with which there is a scheme of reciprocity -(1) The medical qualifications granted by medical institutions outside India which are included in the Fourth Schedule shall be recognized medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act.
(2)The Central Council may enter into negotiations with the authority in any State or country outside India, which, by law of such State or country is entrusted with the maintenance of a Register of Practitioners of Indian medicine, for the settling of a scheme of reciprocity for the recognition of medical qualifications in Indian medicine and in pursuance of any such scheme, the Central Govt. may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the Fourth Schedule so as to include therein any medical qualification which the Central Council has decided should be recognized and any such notification may also direct that an entry shall be made in the last column of the Fourth Schedule against such medical qualification declaring that it shall be recognized medical qualification only when granted after a specified date.
(17) Rights of persons possessing qualifications included in Second, Third and Fourth Schedules to be enrolled -(1) Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act, any medical qualification included in the Second, Third or Fourth Schedule shall be sufficient qualification for enrolment on any State Register of India Medicine.
(2) Save as provided in section 28, no person other than a practitioner of Indian medicine who possesses a recognized medical qualification and is enrolled on a State Register or the Central Register of Indian Medicine;-
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