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Travancore-Cochin Medical Practitioners Act, 1953
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly
CitationAct IX of 1953
Territorial extentTravancore-Cochin
Enacted byTravancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly
Repealed by
Kerala State Medical Practitioners Act, 2021
Status: Repealed

The Travancore Cochin Medical Practitioners Act, 1953 regulates the qualifications and provides registration for medical doctors qualified in modern medicine, homeopathic medicine and indigenous medicine.[1] At the time of enactment, it extended to the state of Travancore-Cochin, which later became Kerala state. The Act directs the establishment of the Council of Modern Medicine (with 9 members), Council of Homeopathic medicine (5 members) and the council of indigenous medicine (11 members). This Act allows giving registration for practicing medicine to those registered under this Act. The practitioners registered under this Act will be listed in a registry. The annual list of practitioners is published in gazettes. Practitioners registered under this Act are allowed to use the words legally qualified medical practitioner or duly qualified medical practitioner.

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  1. "Travancore-Cochin Medical Practitioners Act 1953" (PDF). Medical Council of Kerala. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2018.