Section 32:
Community Health Provider.
(1) The Commission may grant limited licence to practice
medicine at mid-level as Community Health Provider to such person connected with modern scientific
medical profession who qualify such criteria as may be specified by the regulations:.
Provided that the number of limited licence to be granted under this sub-section shall not exceed
one-third of the total number of licenced medical practitioners registered under sub-section (1) of section
31.
(2) The Community Health Provider who is granted limited licences under sub-section (1), may
practice medicine to such extent, in such circumstances and for such period, as may be specified by the
regulations..
(3) The Community Health Provider may prescribe specified medicine independently, only in primary
and preventive healthcare, but in cases other than primary and preventive healthcare, he may prescribe
medicine only under the supervision of medical practitioners registered under sub-section (1) of section
32.