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Clause inserted by Act 10 of 2013, section 2. of a Senior Medical Officer in rural area or tribal area.] (e) ‘Medical college’ means a college approved by a University in the State imparting education for the full University course in modern scientific medicine in all its branches excluding veterinary medicine and veterinary surgery; (f) ‘notification’ means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette; (g) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 1[(gg) ‘Public Health Centre’ means a primary health centre, community health centre or any such other Government institution in which the methods of treatment approved by the Council within the meaning of clause (f) of section 2 of Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 are carried on and such institution situated in rural area or tribal area, but excluding an institution situated in any municipal or other urban area;] (h) ‘register’ means the register maintained under section 15; (i) ‘registered practitioner’ means a practitioner of the modern scientific medicine whose name is for the time being borne on the register; 2[(ii) ‘Rural Medical Service’ means service rendered in any ‘public health centre’ or ‘community health centre’ either independently or under the supervision of a Senior Medical Officer in rural area or tribal area;] (j) ‘State’ means the State of Andhra Pradesh; (k) ‘Telangana area’ means the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the State Reorganisation Act, 1956. CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION AND COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL