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The Rural Health Practitioners shall be eligible to practise Medicine and Rural Health Care subject to the following conditions,namely,· (a) they shall treat only those diseases and carry out those procedures which shall be outlined in the rules; (b) they shall prescribe only those drugs, which shall be outlined in rules; ( c) they shall not carry out any surgical procedure, invasion, investigation or treatment, ·Medical Tennination or Pregnancy etc., but shall confine themselves to such medicinal treatment and perform such minor surgery as may be prescribed. (d) they shall practise only in rural areas as defined in the Act; ( e) they may issue illness certificates and death certificates. ( f) they shall maintain name, address, age, sex, diagnosis and treatment records of all patients treated by them; and (g) they shall not be eligible for employment in Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Health establishments located in urban are·as as General Duty Physicians involved in patient care in OPD, Emergency and Indoor Services. ! THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPT. 18, 2004 1189 Penalty for dishonest use of certificate. Cognironce of offences. Information to be furnished by the Authority CHAPTER-X MISCELLANEOUS