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(1) The object of the Council is to promote, control and regulate traditional medicine practice.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the Council shall-

(a) set standards for the practice of traditional medicine;

(b) issue a certificate of registration to a qualified practitioner and license premises for a practice;

(c) determine and enforce a code of ethics for traditional medicine practice in conjunction with an association of traditional medicine practitioners recognized by the Minister of Health referred to in this Act as "the Association";

(d) promote and support training in traditional medicine;

(e) approve in consultation with such educational and research institutions as it may determine the curriculum for training in traditional medicine in the institutions;

(f) collaborate with the Ministry to establish centers for provision of traditional medical care within the national health care delivery system;

(g) advise the Minister on matters relating to and affecting the practice of traditional medicine;

(h) collaborate with the appropriate agencies for large scale cultivation of medicinal plants and for the preservation of bio-diversity;

(i) advise the Food and Drugs Board in writing on rules for the registration, advertisement, manufacture, packaging, preparation, labelling, sale, supply, exportation and importation of any herbal medicine;

(j) monitor fees payable by clients for services provided by practitioners; and

(k) perform such other functions as are ancillary to the object of the Council.