In the State of Tamil Nadu, the Tamil Nadu Board of Indian Medicine has been functioning as a Board for the registration of Indian Medical Practitioners for Siddha, Ayurveda and Unani System without any statutory status. As per the Government of India instructions, the Government of Tamil Nadu introduced an Act “Tamil Nadu Siddha System of Medicine (Development and Registration of Practitioners) Act, 1997′, which came into effect from 29.9.1997. The Tamil Nadu Siddha Medical Council has been formed as the G.O(Ms).No.70, H&FW Dept. dated 12,.2.1998. This is the statutory registration body for the registration of Siddha practitioners only. For Practicing in Tamil Nadu the registration in this Council is mandatory.
