State Act
Section 20. Privileges of registered Practitioners.
20. Privileges of registered Practitioners.—Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force,- (1) the expression ‘legally qualified medical practitioner’ or ‘duly qualified medical practitioner’ or any word or expression importing a reference to a person recognised by law as a medical practitioner or member of the medical profession shall, in all laws in force in the 1[State of Karnataka]1 in so far as such laws relate to any of the matters specified in List II or List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, be deemed to include a registered practitioner; (2) a certificate required by any Act from any medical practitioner or medical officer shall be valid, if such certificate has been signed by a registered practitioner; (3) a registered practitioner shall be eligible to hold an appointment as a medical officer in any medical institution of any system of medicine in which he is registered; (4) a registered practitioner may possess and prescribe the poisonous drugs of the system or systems of medicine to which he belongs.