The Assam Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 2014
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No.142 Dispur, Tuesday, 15[th] July, 2014, 24th Asadha, 1936 (S.E.)

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GOVERNME T OF ASSAM

ORDERS BY THE GOVER: OR

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMEI TT : : : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

###### NOTIFICATION

The 15[l][hJuly,] 2014

No. LGL 10012013/15.- The following Act ofthe Assam Legislative Assembly which received the
assent ofthe Governor is hereby published for general information.

###### ASSAM ACT O.IIIOF2014

 (Received the assent of th e Governor on 12th J uly, 2014)

 THE ASSANI MEDICAL COUNCIL(AMENDMENT) ACT,2014


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###### ACT

further to amend the Assam Medical Council Act, 1999.

Preamble Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Medical Assam

Council Act, 1999, .hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in the Act
manner hereinafter appearing; No.XXV!

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 It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of
India as follows ::-

Short title, 1. (1) . This Act may be called the Assam Medical Council
extent and (Amendment) Act, 2014.
commencement

(2) It shaI1 have the like extent as the principal Act.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

Amendment of 2. In the principal Act, in section 3,-
Section 3

(i) in sub-section (1),-

(a) in clause (a), in the second line, the word "three" shall be
deleted,

(b) in clause (b), for the words "concerned University of that
College", the words "Srimanta Sankardeva University of
Health Sciences" shall be substituted.

(c) for clause (d), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

"(d) three members who are Registered Medical Practitioners
with the Council are to be nominated by the State Branch of
the Indian Medical Association and out of them one member
shall be woman."

(ii) sub-section (2) and (3) shall be deleted and the existing sub-sections
(4), (5) and (6) shall be re-numbered respectively as sub-sections (2),
(3) and (4).

(iii) in sub-section (4) as re-numbered under sub-clause (ii) above, after the
word "Council" appearing at the end, the words "subject to
maintaining a quorum of 2/3rd members in the meeting" shall be
inserted.

Amendment of 3. In the principal Act, in section 5, the words and punctuation marks "or
section 5 elect, as the case may be," shall be deleted.


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Amendment of 4. In the principal Act, 10 section 7, the words "elected or" shall be
section 7 deleted.

Amendment of 5. In the principal Act, in section 8,-
section 8 (i) in sub-section (2), the words "or election" shall be deleted.

(ii) in sub-section (3), the words "or re-election" shall be deleted.

Amendment of 6. In the principal Act, in section 9, in sub-section ( J), for the words "An
section 9 elected or nominated", the word "A" shall be substituted.

Amendment of 7. In the principal Act, in section 10,-
section 10 (i) in sub-section (1), for the words and punctuation marks "or election, as

the case may be," shall be deleted.

(ii) in sub-section (2), the words "or elected" shall be del eted .

Amendment of 8. In the principal Act, in section 11, in sub-section (2), in between the

section II words "absence" and "any" appearing in the first line , the words "Vice

.President and in absence of both" shall be inserted.

Amendment of 9. "In the principal Act, in section 13, in sub-section (1), for the word
section 13 "Treasury" appearing at the end, the word "Treasurer" shall. be

substituted.

Insertion of 10. In the principal Act, after section 32, the following new sections 32A ,

new sections 32B, 32C and 320 shall be inserted, namely :-
32A, 32B, 32C
and 32D

"Temporary 32A. In case, a non-Indian doctor/ medical practitioner with foreign
Registration! medical degree, intends to participate in any training pro gramme or
permission to conference or any such other programmes to offer health care service
foreign Doctors including consultation and surgery to patient, such doctor shall have to

apply in writing to the Council with payment of such fees as may be
prescribed and revised by the Council from time to time and, the
Council, through an expert committee to be constituted by its
President, upon scrutiny of the credentials of the applicant, and on
being satisfied about the same, shall issue a temporary registration
certificate allowing himlher to parti cipate in such programme for a
specified period.

Renewal of 32B. Every registered medical practitioner under the Council shall
Registration have to renew his Registration at every 5(five) years interval with his


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Grant of 32C. The Council shall award academic credit point to registered
Academic medical practitioners for scientific Continuous Medical Education
Credit Point (CME)/ Conference as per guidelines framed by the Medical Council

###### of India from time to time.

Ethical 32D. Ethical Committee shall be Constituted by three (3) Members of
Committee the Council and they shall be elected by the members of the Council

and this Ethical Committee shall function as per guidelines laid down
by the Medical Council of India from time to time. If any doctor is

found guilty of violation of ethics by the Ethical Committee, his/her
Registration may be withdrawn for a period of time as may be decided
by the Ethical Committee."

###### S. M. BUZAR BARUAH,

Secretary to the Govt. ofAssam,

Legislative Department,Dispur.


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