With reference to a recent post, 'Can I Practice Complementary And Alternative Medicine?' Any individual who has acquired a qualification/degree from an institute which is recognized by its registering authority, like Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India, Homoeopathic, Ayurvedic or Unani System of medicine, and is registered with respective authority is a genuine medical practitioner for that specific system. In case an individual acquires degrees for two different systems, eg, a person who had passed BHMS and later studied and passed MBBS examination can practice homeopathy as well as allopathy provided he/she is registered with both authorities.
All other persons should be treated as quacks or fraudulent medical practitioners. According to Supreme Court, any person who claims to be expert is a quack unless he has an adequately standardized training/qualification for these…
