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- Periodically analyses and monitors the quality of marketed herbal medicines,

and
- Provides analytical service for the quality control of herbal medicines for

local manufacturers.
• Department of Health Service Support (DHSS), Ministry of Public Health:

- Serves as secretariat office of Profession Commission in the Branch of TCM
and Profession Commission in the Branch of Chiropractic and enforces the

Practice of the Art of Healing Act B.E. 2542 (1999),
- Licences and regulates TCM practitioners and chiropractors under the Practice

of the Art of Healing Act B.E. 2542 (1999) and related secondary laws and
regulations,

- Certifies TCM schools and curricula, degrees and certificates offered by TCM
schools,

- Licences and regulates TTM & TCM clinics under the Health Facilities Act,
B.E. 2541 (1998),

- Certifies curricula & schools teaching massage for health, and
- Licences and regulates health service establishments and service providers

of massage for health under Health Service Establishment Act B.E.2559
(2016).

• Thai Traditional Medical Council (TTMC)
- Implements the Thai Traditional Medical Professions Act B.E. 2556 (2013),

- Registers and issues licences for TTM practitioners, and organises licensing
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exam under Thai Traditional Medical Profession Act B.E. 2556 (2013),

- Establishes TTM standard curricula, and certifies TTM schools and curricula,
degrees and certificates offered by TTM schools, and

- Regulates and supervises the practice and ethics of TTM and applied TTM
practitioners to abide by the Code of Conduct of Thai traditional medical

professions.
• Office of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry of Higher

Education, Science, Research, and Innovation
- Establishes “Thai Qualifications Frameworks for Higher Education” of TTM

and applied TTM curricula,
- Works in collaboration with TTMC to approve TTM and applied TTM

curricula of higher educational institutions.

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