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Ayurveda Education and Hospital Board

The Ayurveda Education and Hospital Board is constituted under Section 22 (I)
of Ayurveda Act No. 31 of 1961 as amended by Ayurveda (Amendment) Law No. 7 of

1977 (25). In the original enactment “Ayurveda medicine” was styled as one of its

principal functions. With the decision of the government to affiliate the college with the
University of Ceylon as one of its institutions, the board was relieved of its responsibility
for running the college.

This board is responsible for:

• Regulates undergraduate (UG) & postgraduate (PG) education in Sri Lanka.
• Conducts examinations and regulates certificate and diploma courses.
• Regulate Ayurveda educational institutes.

• Develop rules, regulations, and sops related to certificate and diploma courses.

• Develop standards for private Ayurveda educational institutes.

Ayurveda Research Committee

Section 33 (1) of Ayurveda Act No. 31 of 1961, as amended by Ayurveda
(Amendment) Law No. 7 of 1977, provided for the appointment of an Ayurveda Research

Committee. The committee is in overall charge of directing and monitoring the progress

of all the research activities in the field of Ayurveda. It is responsible for the Pharmacopoeia
and Ayurveda Formulary Committee. The products, production, and services are regulated
by the Department of Ayurveda according to the Ayurveda code.

3.2 Regulatory System of traditional medicine product law and Licensing
Department Ayurveda is the responsible body for the Register Pharmaceutical

and Ayurveda Products through the Formulary committee before Launching in the market.

None of the T&CM products are included in the National Essential Medicines list. The
Ayurveda formula committee is the regulatory body to oversee the advertising and
labelling of T&CM products, regulate the T&CM products and productions through the

Ayurveda code.

Regulation of T&CM services

Ayurveda code for services under the Ayurveda Act makes provision to register
Ayurveda wellness centres, private Dispensaries, Private Hospitals, and Ayurveda centres
in hotels and also has provision for monitoring and evaluation of the Ayurveda wellness

centres, private Dispensaries, Private Hospitals, and Ayurveda centres in the hotels. Sri Lanka

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