Rajasthan Electropathy System of Medicine Act, 2018
No: 13 Dated: Apr, 10 2018
THE RAJASTHAN ELECTROPATHY SYSTEM OF MEDICINE ACT, 2018 (Act No. 13 of 2018)
[Received the assent of the Governor on the 10th day of April, 2018]
An Act
to provide for the constitution of a Board of Electropathy System of Medicine for the development and expansion of the Electropathy system of medicine in the State of Rajasthan, for the registration of practitioners of that system of medicine and for other matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixty-ninth year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Electropathy System of Medicine Act, 2018.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions .- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) “Board” means the Board of Electropathy System of Medicine for Rajasthan established and constituted under this Act;
(b) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board;
(c) “Electropathy” means the system of medicine founded by Dr. Count Ceseare Mattei of Italy in the nineteenth century based on treatment of diseases by medicines made by the method of Spagyrical Cohobation (repeated distillation) by which the life force of the plants are collected in the form of micro, macro and trace elements of the herbs;
(d) “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairperson thereof;
(e) “practitioner” means a person who practises the Electropathy system of Medicine;
(f) “recognised medical qualification” means any of the qualifications in Electropathy recognized by the Board;
(g) “register” means the register of Electropaths maintained under section 28;
(h) “registered Electropaths” means a Electropathy practitioner registered under the provisions of this Act;
(i) “Registrar” means the Registrar appointed under this Act.
CHAPTER II
ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF BOARD
3. Establishment of Board.- (1) The State Government shall by notification in the Official Gazette, establish, in the manner provided hereafter, a Board to be called the Rajasthan Board of Electropathy System of Medicine, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(2) The Board so established shall be a body corporate having a perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name.
4. Constitution of the Board.-The Board shall consist of the following members, namely :
(a) four persons to be nominated by the State Government of whom at least two shall be registered Electropaths;
(b) one person possessing recognized medical qualification to be elected by the teachers of the recognized Electropathy institutions in State of Rajasthan;
(c) two experts in the field of Electropathy to be nominated by members of the Board elected and nominated under clauses (a) and (b).
5. Chairperson.- The Chairperson of the Board shall be nominated by the State Government from amongst the members of the Board.
6. Term of office of members.- (1) The term of office of a member of the Board shall be three years from the date on which the first meeting of the Board is held after their nomination or, as the case may be, election under section 4:
Provided that the State Government may from time to time extend such term to any further period not exceeding in the aggregate one year.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, the State Government, if it thinks fit in public interest so to do, may, at any time by a notification in the Official Gazette terminate the normal or extended term of office of any member of the Board.
(3) An out-going Chairperson, or member, if otherwise qualified, shall be eligible for re-election or re-nomination, as the case may be.