law: Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 
  17. Rights of persons possessing
  
  qualifications included in Second, Third and Fourth Schedules to be enrolled 
  (1) Subject to the other provisions contained
  
  in this Act, any medical qualification. included in
  
  the Second, Third or Fourth Schedule shall be sufficient qualification for
  
  enrolment on any State Register of Indian Medicine.
  (2) Save as provided in section 28, no person
  
  other than a practitioner of Indian medicine who possesses a recognized medical
  
  qualification and is enrolled on a State Register or the Central Register of
  
  Indian Medicine, -
  (a) shall 
  
  hold office as Vaid , Siddha ,
  
  Hakim or physician or any other office (by whatever designation called) in
  
  Government or in any institution maintained by a local or other authority;
  (b) shall 
  
  practice Indian medicine in any State;
  (c) shall 
  
  be entitled to sign or authenticate a medical or fitness certificate or any
  
  other certificate required by any law to be signed or authenticated by a duly
  
  qualified medical practitioner;
  (d) shall be entitled
  
  to give evidence at any inquest or in any court of law as an expert under
  
  section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, l872 (1 of 1872) on any matter relating
  
  to Indian medicine.
  (3) Nothing contained in sub-section (2) shall
  
  affect,-
  (a) the 
  
  right of a practitioner of Indian medicine enrolled on a State Register of
  
  Indian Medicine to practice Indian medicine in any State merely on the ground
  
  that, on the commencement of this Act, he does not possess a recognized medical
  
  qualification;
  (b) the 
  
  privileges (including the right to practice any system of medicine) conferred by 
  
  or under any law relating to registration of practitioners of Indian medicine 
  
  for the time being in force in any State on a practitioner of Indian medicine 
  
  enrolled on a State Register of Indian Medicine
  (c) the right of a
  
  person to practice Indian medicine in a State in which, on the commencement of
  
  this Act, a State Register of Indian Medicine is not maintained if, on such
  
  commencement, he has been practicing Indian medicine for not less than five
  
  years;
  (d) the 
  
  rights conferred by or under the Indian Medical Council Act, l956 (102 of 1956)
  
  [including the right to practice medicine as defined in clause (f) of section 2
  
  of the said Act], on persons possessing any qualifications included in the
  
  Schedules to the said Act.
  (4) Any person who acts in contravention of
  
  any provision of sub-section (2) shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
  
  which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand
  
  rupees, or with both.