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(1) Any person who has a recognised qualification in Indian System of Medicine under this Act and qualifies the National Exit Test held under section 15 shall be granted a licence to practice Indian System of Medicine and shall have his name and qualifications enrolled first in the State Register and subsequently in the National Register maintained under this Act: Provided that a person who has been registered in the Central Register of Indian System of Medicine maintained under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 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 in the National Register maintained under this Act. (2) No person who has obtained a qualification in Indian System of Medicine from a medical institution established in any country outside India and is recognised as a medical practitioner of Indian System of Medicine in that country, shall, after the commencement of National Register and State Register of Indian System of Medicine. Rights of persons to be enrolled in National Register and their obligations thereto. 48 of 1970. National Register and State Register of Indian System of Medicine. Rights of persons to be enrolled in National Register and their obligations thereto. 14 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Parr I— (3) A practitioner of Indian System of Medicine who is aggrieved by the order passed or the action taken by— (a) the State Medical Council under sub-section (2) may prefer an appeal to the Board of Ethics and Registration for Indian System of Medicine and the decision, if any, of the Board of Ethics and Registration for Indian System of Medicine thereupon shall be binding on such State Medical Council, unless a second appeal is preferred under sub-section (4); (b) the Board of Ethics and Registration for Indian System of Medicine under the first proviso to sub-section (2) may prefer an appeal to the Commission. (4) A medical practitioner of Indian system of medicine who is aggrieved by the decision of the Board of Ethics and Registration for Indian System of Medicine, may prefer an appeal to the Commission within sixty days of communication of such decision. Explanation.—For the purposes of this Act,— (a) “State” includes Union territory and the expressions “State Government” and “State Medical Council for Indian System of Medicine”, in relation to a Union territory, shall respectively mean the “Central Government” and “Union Territory Medical Council for Indian System of Medicine”; (b) the expression “professional or ethical misconduct” includes any act of commission or omission, as may be specified by regulations.