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(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "appointed day" means the date on which the whole Act except Chapter VI thereof comes into force; 1* * * * * * (d) "by law" means by-law made under section 31; 2[(e) "Council" means the Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine established under section 3; (f) "Director of Ayurved" means the Director of Ayurved, Maharashtra State; (fa) "Indian Medicine" means the system of Indian Medicine commonly known as Ashtang Ayurvedic or Siddha or Unani or Unani Tibb, whether, supplemented or not by such modern advances as the Central Council from time to time by notification may declare under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 (XLVIII of 1970);] (g) 3* * * * * * (h) "Inspector" means an Inspector appointed by 4[the Council]; (i) 5* * * * * * (j) "member" means a member of 6[the Council]; (k) "President" means the President of 7[the Council]; (l) "recognised institution" means any institution recognised under section 27; (m) "register", except in Chapter VI, means the register of practitioners prepared and maintained under section 17; (n) "registered practitioner" means a practitioner whose name is for the time being entered in the register; (o) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 16; (p) "rules" means rules made under section 30; (q) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act; (r) "State" means the State of Maharashtra; 8[(s) "Vice-President" means the Vice-President of the Council]. (2) For the purposes of Chapter VI, a person shall be deemed to practice any system of medicine who holds himself out as being able to diagnose, treat, operate or prescribe medicine or other remedy or to give medicine for any ailment, decease, injury, pain, deformity or physical condition or who, by any advertisement, demonstration, exhibition or teaching offers or undertakes, by any means or method whatsoever to diagnose, treat, operate or prescribe medicine or other remedy or to give medicine for any ailment, disease, injury, pain, deformity or physical condition : Provided that, a person who- (i) mechanically fits or sells lense, artificial eyes, limbs or other apparatus or appliances; or (ii) is engaged in the mechanical examination of eyes for the purpose of constructing or adjusting spectacles, eye-glasses or lenses; or (iii) practises physio-therapy or electro-therapy or chiripody or naturopathy or hydropathy or yogic healing; or (iv) without personal gain furnishes medical treatment or does domestic administration of family remedies; or (v) being registered under the Dentists Act, 1948 (XVI of 1948), limits his practice to the art of dentistry; or (vi) being a nurse, midwife or health visitor registered or enlisted under the Bombay Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1954 (Bom. XIV of 1954), or any other corresponding law for the time being in force in the State or a Dai attends on a case of labour, shall not be deemed to practise medicine. Explanation.- In this sub-section- (i) "advertisement" includes any word, letter, notice, circular, picture, illustration, model, sign, playcard, board or other document and any announcement made orally or by any means of producing or transmitting light, sound, smoke or other audible or visible representation; and (ii) "physio-therapy" means treatment of any ailment, disease, injury, pain, deformity or physical condition, by massage or other physical means, but does not include bone-setting.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "appointed day" means the date on which the whole Act except Chapter VI thereof comes into force; 1* * * * * * (d) "by law" means by-law made under section 31; 2[(e) "Council" means the Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine established under section 3; (f) "Director of Ayurved" means the Director of Ayurved, Maharashtra State; (fa) "Indian Medicine" means the system of Indian Medicine commonly known as Ashtang Ayurvedic or Siddha or Unani or Unani Tibb, whether, supplemented or not by such modern advances as the Central Council from time to time by notification may declare under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 (XLVIII of 1970);] (g) 3* * * * * * (h) "Inspector" means an Inspector appointed by 4[the Council]; (i) 5* * * * * * (j) "member" means a member of 6[the Council]; (k) "President" means the President of 7[the Council]; (l) "recognised institution" means any institution recognised under section 27; (m) "register", except in Chapter VI, means the register of practitioners prepared and maintained under section 17; (n) "registered practitioner" means a practitioner whose name is for the time being entered in the register; (o) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 16; (p) "rules" means rules made under section 30; (q) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act; (r) "State" means the State of Maharashtra; 8[(s) "Vice-President" means the Vice-President of the Council]. (2) For the purposes of Chapter VI, a person shall be deemed to practice any system of medicine who holds himself out as being able to diagnose, treat, operate or prescribe medicine or other remedy or to give medicine for any ailment, decease, injury, pain, deformity or physical condition or who, by any advertisement, demonstration, exhibition or teaching offers or undertakes, by any means or method whatsoever to diagnose, treat, operate or prescribe medicine or other remedy or to give medicine for any ailment, disease, injury, pain, deformity or physical condition : Provided that, a person who- (i) mechanically fits or sells lense, artificial eyes, limbs or other apparatus or appliances; or (ii) is engaged in the mechanical examination of eyes for the purpose of constructing or adjusting spectacles, eye-glasses or lenses; or (iii) practises physio-therapy or electro-therapy or chiripody or naturopathy or hydropathy or yogic healing; or (iv) without personal gain furnishes medical treatment or does domestic administration of family remedies; or (v) being registered under the Dentists Act, 1948 (XVI of 1948), limits his practice to the art of dentistry; or (vi) being a nurse, midwife or health visitor registered or enlisted under the Bombay Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1954 (Bom. XIV of 1954), or any other corresponding law for the time being in force in the State or a Dai attends on a case of labour, shall not be deemed to practise medicine. Explanation.- In this sub-section- (i) "advertisement" includes any word, letter, notice, circular, picture, illustration, model, sign, playcard, board or other document and any announcement made orally or by any means of producing or transmitting light, sound, smoke or other audible or visible representation; and (ii) "physio-therapy" means treatment of any ailment, disease, injury, pain, deformity or physical condition, by massage or other physical means, but does not include bone-setting.

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