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(1) The Authority shall cause to be of Rural Health maintained in the prescribed manner Practitioners. and form a register of Diploma Holders in Medicine and Rural Health Care to be known as the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners. (2) It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep and maintain the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners in accordance .with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder. (3) The State Register· of RW"a.1 Health Practitioners shall be deemed to be a public document within the meaning of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. (4) Every person on successful completion of the course shall be eligible for enrollment in the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners on furnishing to the Secretary the proof of such qualification and on payment of such• fees as may be prescribed. (5) Every person whose name has been enrolled in the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners shall be entitle to have a certificate issued by the Authority under the hand and seal of the President and the Secretary and bearing a Registration Number and shall be eligible to practise medicine and Rural Health Care in rural areas of the State of Assam: 1184 fHE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPT. 18, 20Q4 Power of the Authority to prohibit entry in, or_ to order removal from State Register, name of any person. Alteration of the State Register of Rural Health Practitioners. (6) Provided that no Rural Health Practitioner shall use the word '~Doctor" or "Dr." before and after his name. However he may identify himself as Rural Health Practitioner or RHP.