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The Rural Health Practitioners shall be eligible to practice 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 "Standard Treatment Guidelines", as may, by notification, be published by the State Government; (b) they shall prescribe only those drugs. which shall be outlined in "Standard Treatment Guidelines", as may, by notification, be published by the State Government; (c) they shall not carry out any surgical procedure, invasion, treatment. Medical Telinination of Pregnancy etc., but shall confine themselves to such medicinal treatment and perform such minor surgery as contained in "Standard Treatment Guidelines", as may, by notification, be published by the State Government; (d) they shall practice only in rural areas as defined in this 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 areas as General Duty Physicians involved in patient care in Out Patient's Department, Emergency and Indoor Service. CHAPTER X Miscellaneous Penalty for dishonest use of certificate. Cognizance of offences.