In force · As amended up to 2026-08
32. National Register and State Register of Homoeopathy .— (1 ) The Board of Ethics and Registration for Homoeopathy shall maintain a National Register containing the name, address, all recognised qualifications possessed by a licensed medical practitioner of Homoeopathy and such other particulars as may be specified by regulations.
(2) The National Register shall be maintained in such form, including in electronic form and in such manner as may be specified by regulations.
(3) The manner in which any name or qualification may be added to, or removed from, the National Register and the grounds for removal thereof, shall be such as may be specified by the regulations.
(4) The National Register shall be made available in the public by placing it on the website of the Board of Ethics and Registration for Homoeopathy.
(5) Every State Medical Council shall maintain and regularly update the State Register in the specified electronic format and supply a physical copy of the same to the Board of Ethics and Registration for Homoeopathy within three months of the commencement of this Act.
(6) The Board of Ethics and Registration for Homoeopathy shall ensure electronic synchronisation of the National Register and the State Register in such a manner that any change in one such register is automatically reflected in the other register.
33 . Rights of persons to be enrolled in National Register and their obligations thereto.— (1 ) Any person who has a recognised medical qualification in Homoeopathy under this Act and qualifies the National Exit Test held under section 15 shall have a licence to practice Homoeopathy and shall have his name and qualifications enrolled in the National Register or a State Register, as the case may be:
Provided that a person who has been registered in the Central Register of Homoeopathy maintained under the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 (59 of 1973) prior to the coming into force of this Act and before the National Exit Test becomes operational under sub-section (3) of section 15, shall be deemed to have been registered under this Act and be enrolled first in the State Register and subsequently in the National Register maintained under this Act.
(2) No person who has obtained a qualification in Homoeopathy from a medical institution established in any country outside India and is recognised as a medical practitioner of Homoeopathy in that country, shall, after the commencement of this Act and the National Exit Test for Homoeopathy becomes operational under sub-section (3) of section 15, be enrolled in the National Register for Homoeopathy, unless he qualifies the National Exit Test for Homoeopathy.
(3) When a person whose name is entered in the State Register or the National Register, as the case may be, obtains any title, diploma or qualification for proficiency in sciences or medicine which is a recognised qualification under section 34 or section 35, as the case may be, he shall be entitled to have such title, diploma or qualification entered against his name in the State Register or the National Register, in such manner as may be specified by regulations.
Source: India Code