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The Sri Lanka Ayurveda Medical Council is the licensing and regulatory body

for traditional medical practitioners (TMPs), Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani Practitioners,
Ayurveda Nurses, and Ayurveda Dispensers.

The Registration of Ayurvedic Physicians falls under two broad categories.

1. Registration of physicians who possess medical qualifications, laid down in
the Act or recognised by the Ayurvedic Medical Council. The physicians are registered

as “General practitioners” or “Special physicians”.
2. Registration of Paramparika (traditional) physicians. In order to give an

opportunity to physicians who have had no institutional training this scheme of registration
was initiated in 1956. The facility is still available though the original intention was to

restrict this for a limited period.

3.1 Regulatory system of TM professionals

According to Act makes provision for persons who are employed as Ayurveda
medical officers in government service to be granted registration during the period of

such employment. It makes provision for the registration of citizens of Sri Lanka who
have obtained a degree or diploma from a university/Institute outside Sri Lanka and

are recognised by the UGC. In addition, makes provision for the registration of medical
specialists and traditional medical practitioners.

Apart from that Act makes provisions to regulate the professionals who have
been registered with the Ayurveda medical council. Act No. 31 of 1961 makes provision
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for Ayurveda nurses, Dispensers, to be registered as professions supplementary to Ayurveda
medicine.

Ayurveda, Siddha &
Unani medical o icers
13%-3402

Traditional Medical
practioners
87%-22,709

Figure 3: Registered professionals in the traditional medicine sector in Sri Lanka-2021

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