Hyderabad: Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) officials have raided three clinics in Karimnagar operated by quacks and found that the quacks were writing prescriptions, administering antibiotics and steroids along with running inpatient beds in the clinics. The clinics raided were Venkateshwara Clinic, Lakshmi Clinic, and Lalitha Pali Clinic in Karimnagar town. TGMC in a press release said “Cases will be lodged on these quacks in concerned police stations as per Section 34 r/w 54 NMC ACT 2019 and Telangana Medical Council Rules 2013 TMPR ACT 1968.” Section 34 of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 prohibits the practice of medicine by anyone other than a registered medical practitioner. The Section 34 states: “No person other than a person who has a recognized medical qualification and is enrolled on a State Register or the National Register shall practice medicine in any state. On the other hand Section 54 of the Act provides penalties for violation of Section 34. It states that “any person who contravenes the provisions of Section 34 shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees, or with both.”
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