Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
No person unless his name is entered in the register of the Council— (a) shall be entitled to hold office as an Allied-Medical or Para-Medical Professional of any such office (by whatever designation called) in the State Government or in any Institution maintained by a local or other authority; (b) shall be entitled to practice the concerned profession according to his qualifications and recover in respect of such practice any expenses or fees, to which he may be entitled subject to the conditions and restrictions laid down in this Act; (c) shall be entitled to sign or authenticate any certificate required by any law to be signed or authenticated by an Allied-Medical or Para-Medical Professional, as the case may be; (d) shall be entitled to give any evidence at any inquest or in any Court as an expert under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 on any matter relating to the 1 of 1872. physiotherapy or occupational therapy, as the case may be; PART III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, DECEMBER 18, 2015 31 The West Bengal Allied-Medical and Para-Medical Council Act, 2015. (Chapter V.—The Registration and Conduct of Allied-Medical and Para-Medical Professionals.—Sections 64, 65.) (e) shall be entitled to elect or get elected in the election of the Council. (2) Any person, whose name has been entered in the register, shall be entitled to be called the physiotherapist or occupational therapist, or the Medical technologist or technician (laboratory), or the Medical technologist or technician (Radiology), or any such like words or expressions commensurate with his qualification implying a person recognized by law as a physiotherapist or occupational therapist, or the Medical technologist or technician (laboratory), or the Medical technologist or technician (Radiology) in the State as the case may be. Duties and obligation of the registered professional. Regulation of practice.