Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Registration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners
14. Prescribed practices of traditional Chinese medicine
Feedback & supportThe Minister may from time to time, by order in the Gazette, declare any type of practice of traditional Chinese medicine as a prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine if the Minister is of the opinion that it is in the public interest for that type of practice of traditional Chinese medicine to be regulated under this Act.
practice of traditional Chinese medicine
“practice of traditional Chinese medicine” means any of the following acts or activities:(a)acupuncture;(b)the diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of any disease or any symptom of a disease or the prescription of any herbal medicine;(c)the regulation of the functional states of the human body;(d)the preparation or supply of any herbal medicine on or in accordance with a prescription given by the person preparing or supplying the herbal medicine or by another registered person;(e)the preparation or supply of any of the substances specified in the Schedule;(f)the processing of any herbal medicine;(g)the retailing of any herbal medicine,on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine;
Any person who desires to carry out any prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine must apply for registration to the Board in accordance with the regulations made under this section.
prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine
“prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine” means any type of practice of traditional Chinese medicine that has been declared by the Minister by order made under section 14(1) as a prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine;
The Board may, subject to the regulations made under this section, register a person to carry out any prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine.
Board
“Board” means the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board established under section 3;
The Minister may, in respect of each prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine, make regulations to provide for or with respect to the following matters:
different classes of registration;
the form and manner of application, and the application fee, for each class of registration;
the qualifications and other requirements for each class of registration;
the conditions and duration of each class of registration;
the circumstances in which a class of registration may be altered or renewed and the fees payable in respect thereof;
the course, qualifying examination and evaluation for the purpose of any class of registration, the fees payable for that course, examination and evaluation, and the conditions upon which an applicant may be exempted from that course, examination or evaluation;
the practice and conduct of registered persons, including the carrying out of the prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine, the use of any means of giving publicity to their practice and the use of titles and qualifications;
the exemption of persons or classes of persons from registration;
incidental, supplementary or transitional matters in respect of the declaration of any type of practice of traditional Chinese medicine as a prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine.